Loanny Cartaya
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Loanny Cartaya Prieto | ||
Date of birth | November 12, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Real Maryland Monarchs | 9 | (0) |
International career | |||
2008 | Cuba | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2010 |
Loanny Cartaya (born November 12, 1985 in Havana) is an Cuban soccer player who last played for Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division.
Career
Professional
Cartaya defected to the United States from Cuba just after his team's Olympic qualifying game against the United States on March 11, 2008, along with several teammates, including Yendry Diaz.[1] Cartaya apparently slipped out of his hotel in the middle of the night and traveled by car to West Palm Beach.
After several unsuccessful trials with various Major League Soccer clubs, Cartaya signed with the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division on April 15, 2009.[2]
International
Cartaya has two caps for the senior Cuba national football team, both in friendlies against Guyana in February 2008.[3]
References
External links
19 de nov. de 2014 - Arrest Charge
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Cuban defectors
- Cuban footballers
- Real Maryland F.C. players
- USL Second Division players
- Cuban expatriate footballers
- Cuban expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football midfielders