Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy (sometimes spelt as Maykel Reyes) is a Cuban international football player who plays for his local team Pinar del Río and the Cuba national team.

Maikel Reyes

Personal information
Full name	Maikel Alejandro Reyes Azcuy[1]
Date of birth	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth	Viñales, Cuba
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	C.D. Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Pinar del Río
2016	Cruz Azul Premier	18	(5)
2017	Villa Clara
2018–	Pinar del Río
2021–	C.D. Real Sociedad	16	(0)
National team‡
2012–13	Cuba U-20	14	(7)
2014	Cuba U-21	5	(2)
2012–	Cuba U-23	1	(0)
2012–	Cuba	32	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

Club career

In January 2016, he became the first Cuban footballer (along with Abel Martínez) to sign for a foreign club[3] with the approval of the Cuban government's Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), when he signed for Mexican club side Cruz Azul.[4]

He returned to Cuba in 2017 to play for Villa Clara,[5] only to join hometown side Pinar del Río in 2018.

International career

Reyes was involved in the unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament playing against Canada in March 2012 in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

In 2013, he participated in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In November 2013, he represented Cuba in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, scoring against Honduras and Costa Rica.[1]

Reyes made his senior international debut in October 2012 against Panama.[2] and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 13 caps, scoring two goals.

Reyes was named in the team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On July 15, he scored the only goal against Guatemala in the group stage to make Cuba qualify to the quarter-finals.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 March 2015	Estadio Cibao, Santiago, Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	3–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	15 July 2015	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States	Guatemala	1–0	1–0	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.	10 November 2019	Dennis Martínez National Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Nicaragua	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4.	2 June 2021	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	British Virgin Islands	2–0	5–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	8 June 2021	Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–0	1–0
6.	10 November 2021	Estadio Nacional, Managua, Nicaragua	Nicaragua	1–0	3–0	Friendly
7.	2 June 2022	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe	1–1	1–2	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

References

External links

• Maikel Reyes at National-Football-Teams.com
• Maikel Reyes at Liga MX (in Spanish)

На других языках

[fr] Maikel Reyes

[it] Maykel Reyes