Alberto Delgado
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Delgado Pérez
Date of birth	March 11, 1978 (1978-03-11) (age 31)
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC Bayamon
Number	9
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2004 2004 2005-2008 2008-present	CF Ciudad La Habana Colorado Rapids Puerto Rico Islanders → Sevilla FC Bayamon (loan)	13 (1) 38 (0) 03 (2)
National team2
1998-2002	Cuba	22 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Alberto Delgado y Perez (born March 11, 1978 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban soccer player, who, as of 2005, plays forward for the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL First Division.

[edit] Defection to the United States

Delgado defected from Cuba during the 2002 Gold Cup, together with cousin and future Colorado Rapids teammate Rey Ángel Martínez.^[1] He and Martínez ran away from their teammates halfway through breakfast, literally running for more than thirty minutes before finding a Spanish-speaking gas station attendant who then called a cab for them. Martínez made his way there shortly after that.

[edit] Club career

Before joining the Rapids in 2005, he most recently played for Ciudad de la Habana of Cuba and, before his defection, was one of the most dangerous players on the Cuban national team.

Delgado scored a goal and added three assists in his year with Colorado. He wears Perez on the back of his jersey to honor his mother. He was released by the Rapids before the 2005 season, signing with Puerto Rico.

In 2008 he was loaned to Sevilla Bayamon in the Puerto Rico Soccer League.

[edit] External links

• Player profile - Islanders club website
• Player profile - USLSoccer
• Career stats - National Football Teams
• Player profile - Sevilla Bayamon

[edit] References

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