Francisco Fariñas Gutiérrez (born 2 April 1948) is a

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n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who competed in the

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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.

, Fariñas came through at Las Cañas before joining

Industriales Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Located in Cerro, La Habana, it is known as the only team representing the country’s capital, Havana. Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, a ...

where he spent his entire senior career. His year of birth is also reported as 1949 or 1950.

International career

He represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and played two games at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also played at the

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

and

1971 Pan American Games * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Jan ...

References

1948 births Living people Cuban men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Industriales players Olympic footballers for Cuba Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Footballers at the 1967 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1971 Pan American Games Footballers from Havana Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{Cuba-footy-bio-stub