José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican

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who plays for

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and for the

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as a holding

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Club career

Cubero was born in Sarchí. He made his professional debut for

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

on 26 March 2006 against Santacruceña and had a spell on loan at

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in 2009. He signed a three-year contract extension with Herediano in April 2013. On 31 July 2014, Cubero signed for

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side Blackpool on a one-year contract with the option of a further twelve months. He made his Blackpool debut on 27 September in a 3–1 home defeat to

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. In August 2015 it was claimed that Blackpool had snubbed an offer for Cubero from

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club

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and that they had activated a 12-month extension to his contract. On 31 July 2017, he signed a contract with

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International career

He participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada. Cubero made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010

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against

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. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the

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as well as at the 2011 Copa América and was a non-playing squad member at the

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. Cubero played 53 matches with Costa Rica, scoring two goals. One of those occurred during a

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match against El Salvador, which resulted in a crucial victory for the Costa Ricans; Cubero considers it the most important goal of his career. After Costa Rica defeated Greece to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Cubero was spotted crying profusely, while

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tried to celebrate with him by yelling "¡Llore conmigo, papi!" ("Cry with me, daddy!"), a phrase now famous in Costa Rica.

Honours

Club

;Alajuelense *

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: Apertura 2020 *

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: 2020

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- Herediano * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cubero, Jose Miguel 1987 births Living people People from Sarchí (canton) Association football midfielders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers Costa Rican people of Italian descent 2011 Copa Centroamericana players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2014 Copa Centroamericana players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S. Herediano footballers Blackpool F.C. players Puntarenas F.C. players L.D. Alajuelense footballers CD Alcoyano footballers Copa Centroamericana-winning players Costa Rica under-20 international footballers