Serguei Prado

Serguei Prado Sañudo (born 9 March 1974) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a striker. 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 (age 50)
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]

Number	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 June 1999	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1-1	1-2	1999 Caribbean Cup
2	10 October 1999	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	2-1	3-1	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play-off
3	5 March 2000	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba	Cayman Islands	3-0	4-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	9 March 2000	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba	Nicaragua		4-0	Friendly match
5	2 July 2000	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	1-0	1-1	Friendly match
6	4 July 2000	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1-0	1-4	Friendly match
7	8 April 2001	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	Guyana	2-0	3-0	2001 Caribbean Cup qualification
8	18 May 2001	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1-1	1-1	2001 Caribbean Cup
9	5 August 2001	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba	Panama	1-0	1-0	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifying play-off
10	1 December 2002	Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands	Dominican Republic	2-1	2-1	2003 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]