Leonel Duarte Plat, (born 1 August 1987) is a
Cuba
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n retired
footballer
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.
Club career
Duarte played his entire career for his provincial side
Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila City () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The city has a population of about 497.000, in a municipality of 756,373.
Geography
Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway ...
, except for a season in Germany with amateur side
SV Einheit 1875 Worbis.
International career
He made his international debut for
Cuba
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in a July
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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match against the
United States
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and has earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 6 goals.
He represented his country in 7
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
matches (1 goal)
and played at 2
CONCACAF Gold Cup
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final tournaments.
His final international was a December 2010 Gold Cup qualification match against
Grenada
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
People from Ciego de Ávila
Sportspeople from Ciego de Ávila Province
Men's association football forwards
Cuban men's footballers
Cuba men's international footballers
FC Ciego de Ávila players
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Cuban expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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