Juan 'Jon' Remigio Cuyami Vaz (born 17 December 1972) is a Spanish-born Equatorial Guinean retired

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who played as a

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. He has been a member of the senior Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Cuyami managed ten scoreless

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appearances for

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after growing in its youth system. For the next 12 years, however, his career was spent in

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or lower (with the exception of Recreativo de Huelva and Burgos CF in

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, clubs which he helped promote). In 2004, Cuyami returned to the

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for his final three seasons, with

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and

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, the latter in the regional championships. Shortly after, he rejoined to Real Sociedad as part of its

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team.

International career

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, Cuyami was the son of Equatoguinean immigrants in Spain, and opted to represent his parents' nation internationally. His debut came on 11 October 2003 in a 1–0 win against

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for the

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qualifiers (eventual 1–2 aggregate loss), in Bata. Cuyami won a total of two caps, the second coming also that year in a

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with

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References

External links

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Worldfootball profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuyami, Juan 1972 births Living people Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Citizens of Equatorial Guinea through descent Spanish footballers Equatoguinean footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers UE Figueres footballers CP Almería players Recreativo de Huelva players AD Ceuta footballers Burgos CF footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers CF Palencia footballers SD Lemona footballers Equatorial Guinea international footballers