Lester Moré
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Template:Family name hatnote Lester Oriel Moré Henningham (born 15 July 1978) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the Cuba national team's all-time record goalscorer, with 29.
Club career
Moré played for over a decade for his hometown team, Ciego de Ávila, in his native Cuba, prior to his defection to the United States in 2008. He won the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba with Ciego de Ávila in 2001 and 2003. He scored a Cuban league record of 32 goals in the 2002–03 seasonScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and 123 league goals in total.[1]
He played with Charleston Battery in 2008, featuring in eleven games before being released at the end of the season. He played for Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico in 2009, before moving back to the United States to play for the amateur Los Angeles Azul Legends in the USL Premier Development League in 2010, alongside former Cuba national teammate Eders Roldan.[2]
International career
Moré made his debut for Cuba in 1995 and was a squad member at the 1998,[3] 2003,[4] 2005[5] and 2007 Gold Cup Finals.[6]
He also played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches between 1996 and 2004.[7] He has collected a total of 62 caps, scoring 29 goals, making him the top scorer of the national team.[8]
Defection to the United States
His final appearance for the national team was at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2007 against Mexico. During the tournament, Moré and Osvaldo Alonso fled the Cuban team camp, effectively defecting from Cuba. [9]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moré goal.
References
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- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
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- ↑ Cuba - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ↑ Two Cuban Defectors Will Get Chivas Tryout- Washington Post
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External links
- Player profile - Charleston Battery
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ciego de Ávila
- Defecting Cuban footballers
- Cuban men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Cuba men's international footballers
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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- Charleston Battery players
- Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico players
- LA Laguna FC players
- USL First Division players
- USL League Two players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico
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