Daniel Cadena

Daniel Cadena
	Cadena with Nicaragua in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Cadena Sánchez
Date of birth	9 February 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	UNAN Managua
Number	25
Youth career
2004–2006	Sanluqueño
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Sanluqueño
2007–2008	Betis B
2008–2009	Betis C
2009	Xerez B
2010	Racing Portuense
2011	Rota
2011–2012	Atlético Antoniano
2012–2013	Algaida
2013–2016	Walter Ferretti
2016	Atletico Antoniano
2016	Atlántico
2016	KF
2017	Njarðvík
2017–2018	Real Estelí
2018–2019	Mérida
2019–2020	Arcos
2020–2021	Deportivo Ocotal
2021–2022	Juventus Managua
2022	Rayo Sanluqueño
2023–	UNAN Managua
International career‡
2014–2021	Nicaragua
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2021

Daniel Cadena Sanchez (born 9 February 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Primera de Nicaragua club UNAN Managua.

Born and raised in Spain to Spanish parents, Cadena has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently capped for the Nicaragua national team.

Club career

A much-travelled striker, Cadena has spent most of his playing career in Spain but he has also played club football in Nicaragua.

International career

Having arrived to Nicaragua in 2013 to play for Ferretti, Cadena became a naturalized citizen just a year later, in 2014. According La Prensa, he did not comply with the Nationality Law No. 149 at the moment of his naturalization.^[1] By debuting for Nicaragua that very 2014, he also failed with the FIFA eligibility rules.

International goals

Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first.^[2]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 December 2016	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	30 December 2016	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	1–3	Friendly
3.	20 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize	2–1	3–1	2017 Copa Centroamericana

References

^ "Nueve jugadores nacionalizados en Nicaragua no cumplieron con las leyes del país". 14 June 2023.
^ "Cadena, Daniel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

External links

Daniel Cadena at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
lapreferente.com
laprensa.com.ni Archived 7 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Nueve jugadores nacionalizados en Nicaragua no cumplieron con las leyes del país". 14 June 2023.

[NFT-2] "Cadena, Daniel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

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