Daniel Luis Sáez

Daniel Eduardo Luís Sáez (born 11 May 1994), known as Daniel Luís, is a Cuban footballer who plays for Delfines del Este.

Daniel Luís
Luis lining up for Cuba at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Daniel Eduardo Luís Sáez
Date of birth (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994[1]
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 PDX FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 La Habana
2017–2018 Camagüey
2018–2019 Atlántico
2019 La Habana
2019 Delfines del Este
2020- PDX FC
National team
Cuba U17
Cuba U20
Cuba U23
2012–2019 Cuba 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Luís and the second or maternal family name is Sáez.

Club career

A tall central midfielder, Luís has played primarily for his hometown team La Habana, except for a stint at Camagüey in 2017.[2]

International career

Luís played in three games at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but had made his senior international debut for Cuba already in an October 2012 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Panama when he came on as a very late substitute for Ariel Martinez.[3] He has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal.

Luís took part in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Antigua and Barbuda. He was named in the Cuba squad for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup but missed the first game against Mexico due to US visa complications.

On 21 June 2019, after Cuba's second match at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Luís along two other teammates defected.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[5]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 March 2016Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Bermuda2–02–12017 Caribbean Cup qualification

References
  1. Daniel Luís at Soccerway
  2. Hexagonal final con refuerzos y calendario - JIT (in Spanish)
  3. Daniel Luís – FIFA competition record
  4. "Tres cubanos más desertan de su selección en la Copa Oro". Razon (in Spanish). 21 June 2019.
  5. "Luis, Daniel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 January 2017.


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