Joel_Apezteguía
Joel Apezteguía
Cuban footballer
Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.
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Apezteguía playing for Tre Fiori in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 40) | ||
| 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) |
| 0000–2008 | 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021 | |||
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]
He made his debut for Cuba national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.[4]
Club
Tre Fiori
- Coppa Titano: 2018–19
- San Marino Federal Trophy 2019–20
- San Marino Championship 2019–20
- "Teuta Durrës vs. Lushnja". Soccerway. 2 February 2014.
- "Skënderbeu shkëputet në krye +9 pikë, Teuta vjen e dyta". Panorama Sport. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
- "Guatemala v Cuba game report". FIFA. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.
- Joel Apezteguía at Soccerway
- Joel Apezteguía at FootballDatabase.eu
- Joel Apezteguía at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)