Arael Argüelles Rodríguez (born 30 April 1987) is a Cuban football player.
Club career
He played for his provincial team
Cienfuegos
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in Cuba.
International career
Argüelles represented Cuba's U-23 national team in the
2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament, playing in two group game losses against Honduras and Panama.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba in an international friendly against Guatemala on 23 August 2014.
He was called up to the
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bein ...
, but defected after the opening 6–0 loss against
Mexico
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.
Keyler García,
Darío Suárez and
Ariel Martinez also fled their country at the same tournament.
Gold Cup: Striker Ariel Martinez becomes the fourth player to defect from Cuba
- MLS Soccer
References
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1987 births
Living people
Cuban men's footballers
Cuba men's international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Cienfuegos players
Defecting Cuban footballers
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Sportspeople from Cienfuegos
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