Manuel Bobadilla
Manuel Bobadilla González (born 27 June 1970) is a Cuban retired footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Bobadilla González | ||
| Date of birth | June 27, 1970 | ||
| 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 | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–2001 | Cuba | 57 | (11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2018 | |||
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
- Bobadilla enterró el fatalismo de La Polar - Granma (in Spanish)
- Quince futbolistas cubanos, prestados al Bonner, de la 4ª división alemana - El Pais (in Spanish)
- German fourth-division club hires Cuban national team - Cubanet
- Reaparece Bobadilla en fútbol nacional - Granma (in Spanish)
- "Appearances for Cuba National Team". RSSSF.
- Manuel Bobadilla – FIFA competition record
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
