Karel Espino
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karel Aldair Espino Contreras | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | San Cristóbal, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Comunicaciones | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Artemisa | 73 | (2) |
| 2021– | Comunicaciones | 110 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Cuba U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Cuba U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Cuba | 29 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 30 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Karel Aldair Espino Contreras (born 27 October 2001) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones and the Cuba national team.
Club career
Comunicaciones
On 1 July 2021, Comunicaciones had announced the official signing of Espino.[2] He made his debut for the club in a 4–0 win over Sololá on 1 August.[3]
International career
He made his Cuba national football team debut on 27 February 2019 in a friendly against Bermuda, as a 79th-minute substitute for Yasmany López, at the age of 17 years and 120 days old.[4]
He was selected for the country's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad.
Honours
- Comunicaciones
- CONCACAF League: 2021
- Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Clausura 2022, Apertura 2023
References
- ^ "Karel Espino". Comunicaciones FC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Comunicaciones le da la bienvenida al cubano Karel Espino como refuerzo para la temporada 2021-2022". PrensaLibre. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Comunicaciones debutó en el Apertura 2021 goleando a Sololá". FútbolCentroamerica. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Cuba v Bermuda game report". Soccerway. 27 February 2019.
External links
- Karel Espino at Soccerway
- Karel Espino at National-Football-Teams.com
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