José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga de Ascenso club A.D. Sarchí.[1]
Cubero with Costa Rica at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Miguel Cubero Loría | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarchí, Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | A.D. Sarchí | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2006 | Herediano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2014 | Herediano | 134 | (16) |
| 2009 | → Puntarenas (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Blackpool | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Herediano | 58 | (4) |
| 2017 | Alcoyano | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Alajuelense | 161 | (11) |
| 2023 | Puntarenas | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Sporting San José | 7 | (1) |
| 2024– | A.D. Sarchí | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Costa Rica U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2019 | Costa Rica | 54 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022 | |||
Cubero was born in Sarchí. He made his professional debut for Herediano on 26 March 2006 against Santacruceña and had a spell on loan at Puntarenas in 2009. He signed a three-year contract extension with Herediano in April 2013.[2]
On 31 July 2014, Cubero signed for Championship side Blackpool on a one-year contract with the option of a further twelve months.[3] He made his Blackpool debut on 27 September in a 3–1 home defeat to Norwich City. In August 2015 it was claimed that Blackpool had snubbed an offer for Cubero from MLS club Seattle Sounders FC and that they had activated a 12-month extension to his contract.[4]
On 31 July 2017, he signed a contract with CD Alcoyano.[5]
Cubero participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[6]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010 friendly match against Paraguay.[7] He has represented his country in nine FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[8] as well as at the 2011 Copa América[9] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]
Cubero played 54 matches with Costa Rica, scoring two goals.[11] One of those occurred during a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador, which resulted in a crucial victory for the Costa Ricans; Cubero considers it the most important goal of his career.[12][13]
After Costa Rica defeated Greece to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Cubero was spotted crying profusely, while Waylon Francis tried to celebrate with him by yelling『¡Llore conmigo, papi!』("Cry with me, daddy!"), a phrase now famous in Costa Rica.[14]
Alajuelense
