Joel Apezteguía

Joel Apezteguía
Apezteguía playing for Tre Fiori in 2019
Personal information
Full name Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos
Date of birth (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tre Fiori
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2008 Industriales 10 (19)
2008–2009 Manresa
2009–2010 Nistru Otaci 2 (0)
2010–2011 Manresa 32 (15)
2011–2012 CF Ripollet 20 (10)
2013–2014 Teuta Durrës 15 (4)
2014–2015 Tre Fiori 1 (0)
2014–2015 Utiel 9 (4)
2016 Fano 3 (0)
2016–2017 Gassino 20 (31)
2017 Chisola 2 (0)
2017–2018 Ancona 20 (21)
2018– Tre Fiori 40 (25)
International career‡
2021– Cuba 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Apezteguía and the second or maternal family name is Hijuelos.

Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.

Club career

Apezteguía had spells in the Spanish lower leagues and played in Moldova for Nistru Otaci.

Teuta

He scored four goals in an Albanian Superliga game on 2 February 2014 against KS Lushnja which ended in a 6–2 win and lifted Teuta to second place. He added another three goals to his final tally in Albania in Cup games[1][2]

CD Utiel

With CD Utiel he scored 7 goals. These were scored against Villarreal and Osasuna.

Tre Fiori

Apezteguía made his debut in the Europa League against KÍ Klaksvík, making history as the first Cuban to play in the Champions League.[3]

International career

He made his debut for Cuba national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.[4]

Honours

Club

Tre Fiori

References

  1. ^ "Teuta Durrës vs. Lushnja". Soccerway. 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Skënderbeu shkëputet në krye +9 pikë, Teuta vjen e dyta". Panorama Sport. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Tre Fiori: Joel Apezteguia primo cubano nella storia della Champions League". 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Guatemala v Cuba game report". FIFA. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.

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