Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Miguel Portal Oliva | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Quivicán, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Simcoe County Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Mayabeque | ||
2016–2017 | Isla de La Juventud | 27 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Cienfuegos | 19 | (0) |
2018 | Pinar del Río | ||
2019 | La Habana | ||
2021 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | (0) |
2021 | HFX Wanderers | 10 | (0) |
2022 | Vaughan Azzurri | 16 | (1) |
2023– | Simcoe County Rovers | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Cuba U20 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Cuba | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2021 |
Alejandro Miguel Portal Oliva (born 21 October 1995) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario.
Portal was born in the town of Quivicán, located south of Havana. [1]
Portal began his career with second-division Torneo de Ascenso side Mayabeque in 2013. [1] In 2015, he moved up to the Campeonato Nacional with Isla de La Juventud, making 27 appearances and scoring four goals over two seasons. [1] In 2017, he joined Cienfuegos, making nineteen appearances over two seasons. [1] He spent 2018 and 2019 with Pinar del Río and La Habana, respectively. [1]
In 2020, he began training with League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri and made his debut as a substitute against Darby on 20 August 2021. [2]
On 9 September 2021, Portal signed his first professional contract with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers. [3] [4] He made his debut on 18 September against York United FC. [5] He departed the club at the end of the season. [6]
In 2022, he returned to playing for Vaughan Azzurri. [7]
In February 2023, he signed with the Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario. [8] [9]
Portal made his debut for the Cuba national team in a 2015 friendly against Nicaragua. [1] He returned to the team four years later for a friendly against Bermuda in 2019. [1] He was later selected for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad, where he appeared in all three matches for Cuba. [1]
After Cuba's 6–0 loss to Canada during CONCACAF Nations League qualifying in September, he defected into Canada. [10]
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