Loanny Cartaya

Loanny Cartaya
Personal information
Full name Loanny Gerardo Cartaya Prieto
Date of birth (1985-11-12) November 12, 1985
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003-2004 Ciudad de la Habana
2004-2005 Industriales
2005-2008 Ciudad de la Habana
2009 Real Maryland Monarchs 9 (0)
National team
2008 Cuba 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2010

Loanny Gerardo Cartaya Prieto (born November 12, 1985 in Havana) is a Cuban football player who played for Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division.

Club career

He played for local sides Industriales, before returning to former youth team Ciudad de la Habana. He scored his first National League goal on 24 September 2005 against provincial rivals FC La Habana.[1]

Cartaya defected to the United States from Cuba just after his team's Olympic qualifying game against the United States on March 11, 2008, along with several teammates, including Yendry Diaz.[2] Cartaya apparently slipped out of his hotel in the middle of the night and traveled by car to West Palm Beach.

After several unsuccessful trials with various Major League Soccer clubs, Cartaya signed with the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division on April 15, 2009.[3]

International career

Cartaya has two caps for the senior Cuba national football team, both in friendlies against Guyana in February 2008.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Loanny Cartaya. La voz del Medio Campo - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ 7 Cuban athletes defect during tourney in Florida
  3. ↑ Real Maryland signs former Cuban U-23 internationals
  4. ↑ http://www.caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/cuba/players/loannycartaya.html
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