Carlos Alberto Vázquez Fernández (born 25 April 1999), commonly known as Cavafe, is a Cuban professional

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who plays as a

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for Austrian Second League club

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and the Cuba national team.

Club career

Born in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, Cavafe moved to

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in 2003 at the age of three, and represented CD Valdemorillo,

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CD San Fernando de Henares Club Deportivo San Fernando is a Spanish football club based in San Fernando de Henares, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home games at ''Estadio Santiago del Pino''. Hist ...

and

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as a youth. On 23 August 2018, after finishing his formation, he returned to San Fernando and was assigned to the main squad in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. Cavafe made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 1–2 away loss against

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. The following 1 February, he signed for

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and was initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth tier. Cavafe made his first team debut on 17 December 2019, starting and being

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in a 0–1 away loss against

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, for the season's

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. The following 14 January, he was loaned to

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side

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until the end of the campaign. On 20 June 2022, Cavafe signed for Austrian second tier side

International career

In March 2021, Cavafe was named in Cuba senior team's historic squad which included players from foreign clubs for the first time. On 25 March 2021, he made his senior team debut in a 0–1 defeat against

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cavafe goal.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavafe 1999 births Living people Footballers from Havana Men's association football defenders Cuban men's footballers Cuba men's international footballers Segunda División B players Tercera División players 2. Liga (Austria) players CD San Fernando de Henares players AD Alcorcón B players Unionistas de Salamanca CF players CDA Navalcarnero players CD Tudelano footballers FC Dornbirn 1913 players Cuban expatriate men's footballers Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Spain Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Primera Federación players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players