Maikel Reyes

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Reyes and the second or maternal family name is Azcuy.
Maikel Reyes
Personal information
Full name Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cruz Azul Premier
Number 155
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
-2016 FC Pinar del Río
2016- Cruz Azul Premier 0 (0)
National team‡
2012–13 Cuba U20 14 (7)
2014 Cuba U21 5 (2)
2012– Cuba U23 1 (0)
2012– Cuba 7 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2015

Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy (sometimes spelt as Maykel Reyes) is a Cuban international football player.

In January 2016, he became the first Cuban footballer (along with Abel Martínez) to sign for a foreign club with the approval of the Cuban government's Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), when he signed for Mexican club side Cruz Azul.[3]

Career

Reyes was involved in the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament playing against Canada in March 2012 in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

In 2013, he participated in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In November 2013, he represented Cuba in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, scoring against Honduras and Costa Rica.[1]

Reyes made his senior international debut in October 2012 against Panama.[2]

Reyes was named in the team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On July 15, he scored the only goal against Guatemala in the group stage to make Cuba qualify to the quarter-finals.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[4]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2015 Estadio Cibao, Santiago, Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic
3–0
3–0
Friendly
2. 15 July 2015 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States  Guatemala
1–0
1–0
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

References

  1. 1 2 Maikel Reyes profile at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 Maikel Reyes – FIFA competition record
  3. ↑ "Cuba cierra con Cruz Azul el primer fichaje de fútbol de su historia". El Economista (in (Spanish)). Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. ↑ "CFD Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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