Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.
 Apezteguía playing for Tre Fiori in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tre Fiori | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2008 | Industriales | 10 | (19) |
| 2008–2009 | Manresa | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nistru Otaci | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Manresa | 32 | (15) |
| 2011–2012 | CF Ripollet | 20 | (10) |
| 2013–2014 | Teuta Durrës | 15 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Tre Fiori | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Utiel | 9 | (4) |
| 2016 | Fano | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Gassino | 20 | (31) |
| 2017 | Chisola | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Ancona | 20 | (21) |
| 2018– | Tre Fiori | 40 | (25) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Cuba | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021 | |||
Club career edit
Apezteguía had spells in the Spanish lower leagues and played in Moldova for Nistru Otaci.
Teuta edit
He scored four goals in an Albanian Superliga game on 2 February 2014 against KS Lushnja which ended in a 6–2 win and lifted Teuta to second place. He added another three goals to his final tally in Albania in Cup games[1][2]
CD Utiel edit
With CD Utiel he scored 7 goals. These were scored against Villarreal and Osasuna.
Tre Fiori edit
Apezteguía made his debut in the Europa League against KÍ Klaksvík, making history as the first Cuban to play in the Champions League.[3]
International career edit
He made his debut for Cuba national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.[4]
Honours edit
Club edit
Tre Fiori
- Coppa Titano: 2018–19
- San Marino Federal Trophy 2019–20
- San Marino Championship 2019–20
References edit
- ^ "Teuta Durrës vs. Lushnja". Soccerway. 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Skënderbeu shkëputet në krye +9 pikë, Teuta vjen e dyta". Panorama Sport. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Tre Fiori: Joel Apezteguia primo cubano nella storia della Champions League". 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Guatemala v Cuba game report". FIFA. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.
External links edit
- Joel Apezteguía at Soccerway
- Joel Apezteguía at FootballDatabase.eu
- Joel Apezteguía at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)