Serguei Prado

Serguei Prado
Personal information
Full name Serguei Prado Sañudo
Date of birth (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Santa Clara, Cuba
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 Villa Clara (126)
2005 → Fløy (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
1999–2005 Cuba 30 (12)
Managerial career
?-present Villa Clara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2018
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prado and the second or maternal family name is Sañudo.

Serguei Prado Sañudo (born 9 March 1974) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the highest scorer of Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba history, with 126 goals.

Club career

A burly but prolific striker, he played his entire career for local side Villa Clara, except for a season in the Norwegian third tier with Fløy alongside compatriot Osmín Hernández.[1][2]

Back in Cuba, he was the league's top goalscorer in 2003 and 2005.[3] He is the Cuban league's all-time top goalscorer with 126.[4]

International career

Prado made his international debut for Cuba in a May 1999 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Bermuda and has earned a total of 30 caps, scoring 12 goals.[5] He represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (1 goal).[6] To his disappointment, he was never included for a CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament.[7]

His final international was a January 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifier against Haiti.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[5]
Number Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 June 1999 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 1-1 1-2 1999 Caribbean Cup
2 10 October 1999 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  El Salvador 2-1 3-1 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play-off
3 5 March 2000 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Cayman Islands 3-0 4-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 9 March 2000 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Nicaragua 4-0 Friendly match
5 2 July 2000 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1-0 1-1 Friendly match
6 4 July 2000 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 1-4 Friendly match
7 8 April 2001 Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana  Guyana 2-0 3-0 2001 Caribbean Cup qualification
8 18 May 2001 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1-1 1-1 2001 Caribbean Cup
9 5 August 2001 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Panama 1-0 1-0 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying play-off
10 1 December 2002 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Dominican Republic 2-1 2-1 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

Futsal management

In 2014, Prado took charge of the Villa Clara futsal team after coaching the Deportivo Anzoátegui futsal team in Venezuela for two years.[8]

References

  1. ^ Mundial de Fútbol: En busca del sueño eterno - On Cuba Magazine (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Stephansen klar for Fløy - Aftenposten (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ Cuba - List of Topscorers - RSSSF
  4. ^ Goles, números e historia - Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b "Appearances for Cuba National Team". RSSSF.
  6. ^ Serguei Prado – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ Serguei Prado cerca de romper el récord absoluto de goles en Cuba – Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Serguei Prado apuesta por el futsal - Vanguardia (in Spanish)


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