Manuel Bobadilla


Manuel Bobadilla González is a Cuban retired footballer.

Club career

Regarded as the best Cuban player at the end of the 1990s, Bobadilla played his entire career for local side Ciudad La Habana, except for half a season in Germany with Bonner SC, 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. 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.

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in 1995 and has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 11 goals. He represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international was an August 2001 Gold Cup qualification play-off match against Panama.

International goals

NumberDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 May 1995Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic9-01995 Caribbean Cup qualification
227 May 1995Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic9-01995 Caribbean Cup qualification
330 July 1995Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands1-03-01995 Caribbean Cup
422 September 1996Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama3-13-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
55 May 1999National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda4-11999 Caribbean Cup qualification
65 May 1999National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda4-11999 Caribbean Cup qualification
710 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States1-03-12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
84 April 2001Uitvlugt Community Centre, Uitvlugt, Guyana3-13-12001 Caribbean Cup
910 June 2001National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica1-31-4Friendly match