Roberto Linares
{{short description|Cuban footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Roberto Linares
| fullname = Roberto Linares Balmaseda
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|10}}
| height = {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2005–2014
| clubs1 = Villa Clara
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2015–2018
| clubs2 = All Boys
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2012
| nationalteam1 = Cuba
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 14
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate = 1 January 2018
}}
{{family name hatnote|Linares|Balmaseda|lang=Spanish}}
Roberto Linares Balmaseda (born February 10, 1986) is a football forward from Cuba playing currently for Argentine side All Boys.
Club career
A powerful and pacy striker,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408131803/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2008/m=7/news=youth-revolution-cuba-834957.html A youth revolution in Cuba] - FIFA Linares played for his provincial side Villa Clara. He was the Cuban league's top goalscorer in 2012.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cubatops.html Cuba - List of Topscorers] - RSSSF He joined Argentine side All Boys alongside compatriot José Dairo Macías in summer 2015.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180401004944/http://www.infoligacordobesa.com/2015/07/quienes-son-los-cubanos-de-all-boys.html QUIENES SON LOS CUBANOS DE ALL BOYS?]}} - Info Liga Cordobesa {{in lang|es}}
International career
He made his international debut for Cuba in a February 2008 friendly match against Guyana and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 14 goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cuba-recintlp.html|website=RSSSF|title=Appearances for Cuba National Team}} He represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (4 goals){{FIFA player|295893}} and played at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international was a December 2012 Caribbean Cup match against Trinidad & Tobago.
=International goals=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT player|pid=26803}}
{{Cuba Squad 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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Category:People from Remedios, Cuba
Category:Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Cuban men's footballers
Category:Cuba men's international footballers
Category:2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Villa Clara (football club) players
Category:Cuban expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
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