Joel Apezteguía

Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983 in Plaza de la Revolución, Havana) is a Cuban professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.

Joel Apezteguía
Apezteguía playing for Tre Fiori in 2019
Personal information
Full name Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos
Date of birth (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983
Place of birth Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2008 Industriales 10 (19)
2008–2009 Manresa
2009–2010 Nistru Otaci 2 (0)
2010–2011 Manresa 32 (15)
2011–2012 CF Ripollet 20 (10)
2013–2014 Teuta Durrës 15 (4)
2014-2015 S.P. Tre Fiori 1 (0)
2014–2015 Utiel 9 (4)
2016 Fano 3 (0)
2016–2017 Gassino 20 (31)
2017 Chisola 2 (0)
2017–2018 Ancona 20 (21)
2018– S.P. Tre Fiori 40 (25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2019
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Apezteguía and the second or maternal family name is Hijuelos.

Club career

Apezteguía had spells in the Spanish lower leagues and played in Moldova for Nistru Otaci.

Teuta

He scored four goals in an Albanian Superliga game on 2 February 2014 against KS Lushnja which ended in a 6–2 win and lifted Teuta to second place. He added another three goals to his final tally in Albania in Cup games[1][2]

CD Utiel

With CD Utiel he scored 7 goals. These were scored against Villareal and Osasuna.

Tre Fiori

Joel made his debut in the Europa League against KÍ Klaksvík. He then made history as the first Cuban to play in the Champions League.

Honours

Club

Tre Fiori[3]

References
  1. "Teuta Durrës vs. Lushnja". Soccerway. 2 February 2014.
  2. "Skënderbeu shkëputet në krye +9 pikë, Teuta vjen e dyta". Panorama Sport. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.

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