José Miguel Cubero

José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense and for the Costa Rica national football team as a holding midfielder.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cubero and the second or maternal family name is Loría.
José Miguel Cubero
Cubero singing the Costa Rican national anthem before a match against Mexico at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name José Miguel Cubero Loría
Date of birth (1987-02-14) February 14, 1987
Place of birth Sarchí, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alajuelense
Number 33
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Herediano 134 (16)
2009 → Puntarenas (loan) 17 (0)
2014–2016 Blackpool 19 (0)
2016–2017 Herediano 58 (4)
2017 Alcoyano 7 (0)
2018– Alajuelense 124 (9)
National team‡
2010– Costa Rica 54 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:36, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:36, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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 September 27 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 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 and has, as of April 2014, earned a total of 34 caps, scoring 2 goals. 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[7] as well as at the 2011 Copa América[8] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]

Honours

Club
Alajuelense

References
  1. "Profile". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. "José Miguel Cubero se queda en Herediano tres años" (in Spanish). Al Dia. 25 April 2013.
  3. "Blackpool agree deal for Cubero" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. O'Rourke, Pete (August 6, 2015). "Blackpool snub approach from Seattle Sounders for Jose Manuel Cubero". HITC.
  5. Seserino, P. (August 1, 2017). "El Alcoyano ficha al internacional de Costa Rica José Miguel Cubero". Información.
  6. José Miguel Cubero – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. Copa América 2011 - RSSSF
  9. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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