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Manuel Bobadilla
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Bobadilla González
Date of birth	June 27, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–2001	Ciudad La Habana
1998–1999	→ Bonner SC (loan)
2005	Ciudad La Habana
International career‡
1995–2001	Cuba
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2018

Manuel Bobadilla González (born 27 June 1970) is a Cuban retired footballer.

Club career

Regarded as the best Cuban player at the end of the 1990s,^[1] Bobadilla played his entire career for local side Ciudad La Habana, except for half a season in Germany with Bonner SC,^[2] when then Cuban leader Fidel Castro approved for the whole Cuban team to join the German 4th level side for part of the 1998/99 season.^[3] After retiring from football in 2001 due to coach Miguel Company ruling him out for the national team, he returned to play for Ciudad la Habana in the 2005 season.^[4]

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in 1995 and has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 11 goals.^[5] He represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (1 goal)^[6] and played at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[7]

His final international was an August 2001 Gold Cup qualification play-off match against Panama.

International goals

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.^[5]

Number	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 May 1995	Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico		9-0	1995 Caribbean Cup qualification
2	27 May 1995	Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico		9-0	1995 Caribbean Cup qualification
3	30 July 1995	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	1-0	3-0	1995 Caribbean Cup
4	22 September 1996	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	3-1	3-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	5 May 1999	National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda	Cayman Islands		4-1	1999 Caribbean Cup qualification
6	5 May 1999	National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda	Cayman Islands		4-1	1999 Caribbean Cup qualification
7	10 October 1999	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	1-0	3-1	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
8	4 April 2001	Uitvlugt Community Centre, Uitvlugt, Guyana	Dominica	3-1	3-1	2001 Caribbean Cup
9	10 June 2001	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	1-3	1-4	Friendly match