Lester Moré
Personal information
Full name Lester Oriel Moré Henningham
Date of birth (1978-07-15) 15 July 1978
Place of birth Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2007 Ciego de Ávila 47 (12)
2008 Charleston Battery 11 (0)
2009 River Plate Ponce 13 (8)
2010 LA Azul Legends 1 (0)
Total 72 (131)
International career
1995–2007 Cuba 62 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lester Oriel Moré Henningham (born 15 July 1978) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the Cuba national team's all-time record goalscorer, with 30.

Club career

Moré played for over a decade for his hometown team, Ciego de Ávila, in his native Cuba, prior to his defection to the United States in 2008. He won the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba with Ciego de Ávila in 2001 and 2003. He scored a Cuban league record of 32 goals in the 2002–03 season and 123 league goals in total.[1]

He played with Charleston Battery in 2008, featuring in eleven games before being released at the end of the season. He played for Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico in 2009, before moving back to the United States to play for the amateur Los Angeles Azul Legends in the USL Premier Development League in 2010, alongside former Cuba national teammate Eders Roldan.[2]

International career

Moré made his debut for Cuba in 1995 and was a squad member at the 1998,[3] 2003,[4] 2005[5] and 2007 Gold Cup Finals.[6]

He also played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches between 1996 and 2004.[7] He has collected a total of 62 caps, scoring 29 goals, making him the top scorer of the national team.[8]

Defection to the United States

His final appearance for the national team was at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2007 against Mexico. During the tournament, Moré and Osvaldo Alonso fled the Cuban team camp, effectively defecting from Cuba. [9]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moré goal.
List of international goals scored by Lester Moré
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 14 May 1996 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands 5–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 23 June 1996 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Haiti 6–0 6–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 15 December 1996 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 1–3 1–3 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 7 May 2000 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Barbados 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 21 May 2000 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 27 November 2002 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands 2–0 5–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
7 3–0
8 29 November 2002 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Martinique 1–0 2–1 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
9 26 March 2003 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago  Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 2–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
10 2–0
11 30 March 2003 Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 3–1 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
12 14 July 2003 Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, United States  Canada 1–0 2–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
13 2–0
14 22 February 2004 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 16 March 2004 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Panama 1–1 1–1 Friendly
16 18 March 2004 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Panama 3–0 3–0 Friendly
17 27 March 2004 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Cayman Islands 1–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 2–0
19 3–0
20 12 June 2004 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Costa Rica 1–1 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 2–2
22 21 December 2004 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Martinique 2–0 2–0 2005 Caribbean Cup
23 20 February 2005 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados  Barbados 1–0 3–0 2005 Caribbean Cup
24 2–0
25 22 February 2005 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados  Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 2–1 2005 Caribbean Cup
26 2–1
27 7 July 2005 Qwest Field, Seattle, United States  United States 1–0 1–4 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
28 8 November 2006 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Haiti 2–0 2–1 2007 Caribbean Cup
29 16 January 2007 Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 3–0 2007 Caribbean Cup
30 2–0

References

  1. ↑ Yenier Márquez y su olfato goleador - Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  3. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
  4. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  5. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  6. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  7. ↑ Lester Moré – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ↑ Cuba - Record International Players - RSSSF
  9. ↑ Two Cuban Defectors Will Get Chivas Tryout- Washington Post


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