{"id":287022,"date":"2023-08-16T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=287022"},"modified":"2023-08-16T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:18:37","slug":"best-valued-cuban-soccer-players-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/soccer\/best-valued-cuban-soccer-players-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Best valued Cuban soccer players of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexander Ram\u00edrez T\u00e1panes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transfermarkt<\/span><\/a> is a German website that \u2014 as an essential task \u2014 is responsible for collecting an immense amount of statistical data on soccer players and clubs almost all over the world. The portal has become one of the most used consultation platforms in the soccer world when it comes to scouting, keeping up to date with the transfer market, checking scores, results and value of the players.<\/span><\/p>\n

This last aspect is determined based on a series of factors. According to <\/span>research carried out in 2019 by Diario AS<\/span><\/a>, the aspects to be taken into account by the administrators and operators of the portal when generating the market value of a player are their previous transfers, age, potential for the future, position they occupy on the field, current performance at club and national team level, institutional situation of their club, physical condition, regularity in terms of injuries, interest from other clubs, professional career and experience, international prestige, salary, hierarchy within of club and their potential as an advertising brand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Depending on the variation of these aspects, from time to time, the value of the players changes. So today we are going to find out who are the <\/span>five Cuban soccer players best valued by Transfermarkt<\/span><\/a> in its latest update.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Luis Paradela and Marcel Hern\u00e1ndez<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Luis Paradela (left) and Marcel Hern\u00e1ndez (right) are the two Cuban soccer players with the greatest impact on the Costa Rican circuit. Photo: Taken from La Teja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    In fifth position are found \u2014 with similar market value \u2014 two of the Cuban players who have grabbed the most headlines in recent years. Coincidentally, both are active in soccer in Costa Rica. They are the attackers Luis Paradela and Marcel Hern\u00e1ndez, who have a market value of 350,000 euros.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Paradela, a versatile offensive player who defends the colors of Deportivo Saprissa \u2014 current league champion \u2014, due to his age (26 years) and his potential, has all the ballots to continue raising his market value in the coming years.<\/span><\/p>\n

    For his part, Marcel Hern\u00e1ndez, striker for Cartagin\u00e9s who can boast his credentials as the top foreign scorer in the history of soccer in that country, despite his 34 years of age, remains solid among the best players on the circuit and has managed to maintain this value. market for several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Christian Joel S\u00e1nchez<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Cuban goalkeeper Christian Joel has made a career in Spanish soccer. Photo: Taken from La Voz de Asturias.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      With a value of 500,000 euros, Christian Joel S\u00e1nchez, a 24-year-old goalkeeper owned by the Spanish club Sporting de Gij\u00f3n, is presented as the fourth best-valued Cuban soccer player by Transfermarkt this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Formed in the youth ranks of the Asturian club, Christian Joel has not been able to establish himself in the first team of the Sporting de Gij\u00f3n team. In the most recent years of his career, he has been on loan to clubs inside and outside Spanish territory, Celta de Vigo being the most notorious of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. C\u00e9sar Munder<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        C\u00e9sar Munder has been recognized as one of the main talents of Universidad Cat\u00f3lica in Chile. Photo: Taken from Diario AS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

        The third most valued Cuban soccer player by Transfermarkt is C\u00e9sar Munder, who has an estimated value of 550,000 euros and \u2014 since he is only 23 years old \u2014 the possibilities of continuing to increase his figures in this section are quite big.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Born in Havana, Munder immigrated to Chile at the age of 12 and trained in the youth ranks of Universidad Cat\u00f3lica, one of the biggest clubs in the Andean nation. There he made his debut and \u2014 in the beginning \u2014 had a great media boom under the label of young promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Although he has not managed to establish himself with the university club, under this entity he became the first Cuban soccer player to play in the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. To this day, the Cuban-Chilean winger is on loan at Cobresal, a club from the First Division of that country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Maikel Chang<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          Maikel Chang has established himself at the highest level of U.S. soccer. Photo: Taken from Maikel Chang\u2019s Facebook profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

          Second place on this list is Maikel Chang, a talented 32-year-old midfielder who plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer (MLS) and has a market value of 600,000 euros.<\/span><\/p>\n

          After leaving the island in 2012, the Havana-born soccer player entered soccer in the United States, where he played in the USL Championship \u2014 the second most important circuit in the country \u2014 with the Charleston Battery and the Real Monarchs, the latter club with the one he managed to proclaim himself champion of the competition in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

          His performances aroused the attention of Real Salt Lake, the MLS franchise he has been associated with since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. Onel Hern\u00e1ndez<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n