Manuel Bobadilla

Manuel Bobadilla
Personal information
Full name Manuel Bobadilla González
Date of birth (1970-06-27) June 27, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2001 Ciudad La Habana
1998–1999 → Bonner SC (loan) 2 (0)
2005 Ciudad La Habana
International career‡
1995–2001 Cuba 57 (11)
*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 Bobadilla and the second or maternal family name is González.

Manuel Bobadilla González (born 27 June 1970) is a Cuban retired footballer.

Club career

Regarded as the best Cuban player at the end of the 1990s,[1] Bobadilla played his entire career for local side Ciudad La Habana, except for half a season in Germany with Bonner SC,[2] when then Cuban leader Fidel Castro approved for the whole Cuban team to join the German 4th level side for part of the 1998/99 season.[3] After retiring from football in 2001 due to coach Miguel Company ruling him out for the national team, he returned to play for Ciudad la Habana in the 2005 season.[4]

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in 1995 and has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 11 goals.[5] He represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (1 goal)[6] and played at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]

His final international was an August 2001 Gold Cup qualification play-off match against Panama.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[5]
Number Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 May 1995 Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico 9-0 1995 Caribbean Cup qualification
2 27 May 1995 Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico 9-0 1995 Caribbean Cup qualification
3 30 July 1995 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands 1-0 3-0 1995 Caribbean Cup
4 22 September 1996 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 3-1 3-1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 5 May 1999 National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda  Cayman Islands 4-1 1999 Caribbean Cup qualification
6 5 May 1999 National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda  Cayman Islands 4-1 1999 Caribbean Cup qualification
7 10 October 1999 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  El Salvador 1-0 3-1 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
8 4 April 2001 Uitvlugt Community Centre, Uitvlugt, Guyana  Dominica 3-1 3-1 2001 Caribbean Cup
9 10 June 2001 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1-3 1-4 Friendly match

References

  1. ^ Bobadilla enterró el fatalismo de La Polar - Granma (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Quince futbolistas cubanos, prestados al Bonner, de la 4ª división alemana - El Pais (in Spanish)
  3. ^ German fourth-division club hires Cuban national team - Cubanet
  4. ^ Reaparece Bobadilla en fútbol nacional - Granma (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b "Appearances for Cuba National Team". RSSSF.
  6. ^ Manuel Bobadilla – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF


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