Joel Apezteguía
Cuban footballer
Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.
Club career
Apezteguía had spells in the Spanish lower leagues and played in Moldova for Nistru Otaci.
Teuta
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
CD Utiel
With CD Utiel he scored 7 goals. These were scored against Villarreal and Osasuna.
Tre Fiori
Apezteguía made his debut in the Europa League against KÍ Klaksvík, making history as the first Cuban to play in the Champions League.
International career
He made his debut for Cuba national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.
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