Serguei Prado

Serguei Prado Sañudo (born 9 March 1974) is a Cuban retired footballer. He is the highest scorer of Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba history, with 126 goals.

Serguei Prado
Personal information
Full name Serguei Prado Sañudo
Date of birth (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974
Place of birth Santa Clara, Cuba
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 Villa Clara (126)
2005 → Fløy (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
1999–2005 Cuba 30 (12)
Managerial career
?-present Villa Clara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2018
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prado and the second or maternal family name is Sañudo.

Club career

A burly but prolific striker, he played his entire career for local side Villa Clara, except for a season in the Norwegian third tier with Fløy alongside compatriot Osmín Hernández.[1][2]

Back in Cuba, he was the league's top goalscorer in 2003 and 2005.[3] He is the Cuban league's all-time top goalscorer with 126.[4]

International career

Prado made his international debut for Cuba in a May 1999 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Bermuda and has earned a total of 30 caps, scoring 12 goals.[5] He represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches (1 goal).[6] To his disappointment, he was never included for a CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament.[7]

His final international was a January 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifier against Haiti.

International goals
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first.[5]
NumberDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 June 1999Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago1-11-21999 Caribbean Cup
210 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States El Salvador2-13-12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play-off
35 March 2000Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Cayman Islands3-04-02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
49 March 2000Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Nicaragua4-0Friendly match
52 July 2000National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica1-01-1Friendly match
64 July 2000Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago1-01-4Friendly match
78 April 2001Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Guyana2-03-02001 Caribbean Cup qualification
818 May 2001Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis1-11-12001 Caribbean Cup
95 August 2001Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Panama1-01-02002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying play-off
101 December 2002Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands Dominican Republic2-12-12003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

Futsal management

In 2014, Prado took charge of the Villa Clara futsal team after coaching the Deportivo Anzoátegui futsal team in Venezuela for two years.[8]

References
  1. Mundial de Fútbol: En busca del sueño eterno - On Cuba Magazine (in Spanish)
  2. Stephansen klar for Fløy - Aftenposten (in Norwegian)
  3. Cuba - List of Topscorers - RSSSF
  4. Goles, números e historia - Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish)
  5. "Appearances for Cuba National Team". RSSSF.
  6. Serguei Prado – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. Serguei Prado cerca de romper el récord absoluto de goles en Cuba - Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish)
  8. Serguei Prado apuesta por el futsal - Vanguardia (in Spanish)


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