José_Miguel_Cubero

José Miguel Cubero

José Miguel Cubero

Costa Rican footballer (born 1987)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cubero and the second or maternal family name is Loría.

José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga de Ascenso club A.D. Sarchí.[1]

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Club career

Cubero was born in Sarchí. He made his professional debut for Herediano on 26 March 2006 against Santacruceña and had a spell on loan at Puntarenas in 2009. He signed a three-year contract extension with Herediano in April 2013.[2]

On 31 July 2014, Cubero signed for Championship side Blackpool on a one-year contract with the option of a further twelve months.[3] He made his Blackpool debut on 27 September in a 3–1 home defeat to Norwich City. In August 2015 it was claimed that Blackpool had snubbed an offer for Cubero from MLS club Seattle Sounders FC and that they had activated a 12-month extension to his contract.[4]

On 31 July 2017, he signed a contract with CD Alcoyano.[5]

International career

He participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[6]

Cubero made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010 friendly match against Paraguay.[7] He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[8] as well as at the 2011 Copa América[9] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]

Cubero played 54 matches with Costa Rica, scoring two goals.[11] One of those occurred during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador, which resulted in a crucial victory for the Costa Ricans; Cubero considers it the most important goal of his career.[12][13]

After Costa Rica defeated Greece to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Cubero was spotted crying profusely, while Waylon Francis tried to celebrate with him by yelling "¡Llore conmigo, papi!" ("Cry with me, daddy!"), a phrase now famous in Costa Rica.[14]

Honours

Club

Alajuelense

References

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    "Blackpool agree deal for Cubero" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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    O'Rourke, Pete (6 August 2015). "Blackpool snub approach from Seattle Sounders for Jose Manuel Cubero". HITC.
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    Seserino, P. (1 August 2017). "El Alcoyano ficha al internacional de Costa Rica José Miguel Cubero". Información.
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    José Miguel Cubero – FIFA competition record (archived)
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    "Paraguay derrota 2-0 a Costa Rica en partido amistoso". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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    Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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    Copa América 2011 - RSSSF
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    CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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    "Costa Rica - J. Cubero - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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    Rodríguez, Paulo (14 October 2012). ""Es el gol más importante" | José Miguel Cubero, seleccionado nacional". Al Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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    "Tigo Sports on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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    Erickson, Andrew (1 June 2017). "Crew Cuts: Francis' famous World Cup line parodied in Costa Rican commercial". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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