Maikel Reyes

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Maikel Reyes
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Reyes with Cuba at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy [1]
Date of birth (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth Viñales, Cuba
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 ART Municipal Jalapa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 Pinar del Río
2016 Cruz Azul Premier 18 (5)
2017 Villa Clara
2018– Pinar del Río
2021–2022 C.D. Real Sociedad 19 (0)
2023– Municipal Jalapa 27 (14)
International career‡
2012–2013 Cuba U20 14 (7)
2014 Cuba U21 5 (2)
2012–2015 Cuba U23 9 (9)
2012– Cuba 44 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2023

Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy (sometimes spelt as Maykel Reyes) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays for ART Municipal Jalapa in the Liga Primera de Nicaragua and the Cuba national team.

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Club career

In January 2016, he became the first Cuban footballer (along with Abel Martínez) to sign for a foreign club [3] with the approval of the Cuban government's Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), when he signed for Mexican club side Cruz Azul. [4]

He returned to Cuba in 2017 to play for Villa Clara, [5] only to join hometown side Pinar del Río in 2018.

In January 2023, Reyes joined Municipal Jalapa until the end of the season. [6]

International career

Reyes was involved in the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament playing against Canada in March 2012 in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

In 2013, he participated in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In November 2013, he represented Cuba in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, scoring against Honduras and Costa Rica. [1]

Reyes made his senior international debut in October 2012 against Panama. [2] and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 13 caps, scoring two goals.

Reyes was named in the team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On July 15, he scored the only goal against Guatemala in the group stage to make Cuba qualify to the quarter-finals.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first. [7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 March 2015 Estadio Cibao, Santiago, Dominican RepublicFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3–03–0 Friendly
2.15 July 2015 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United StatesFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–01–0 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.10 November 2019 Dennis Martínez National Stadium, Managua, NicaraguaFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1–01–0Friendly
4.2 June 2021 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, GuatemalaFlag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 2–05–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.8 June 2021 Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, GrenadaFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–01–0
6.10 November 2021 Estadio Nacional, Managua, NicaraguaFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1–03–0Friendly
7.2 June 2022 Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, GuadeloupeFlag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 1–11–2 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
8.23 March 2023 Wildey Turf, Wildey, BarbadosFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1–01–0
9.4 July 2023 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United StatesFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–42–4 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 Maikel Reyes at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Maikel Reyes – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ The Journey of Maykel Reyes, Cuba’s First Professional Soccer Player - Havana Times
  4. ↑ "Cuba cierra con Cruz Azul el primer fichaje de fútbol de su historia". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Maykel blinda al Expreso - Periódico Guerrillero (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Ramírez, Alexander (2023-01-13). "Futbolista cubano Maykel Reyes firma con club de Nicaragua". Play-Off Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. ↑ "Maikel Reyes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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