Cecil Aldana

Cecil Aldana
Personal information
Full name Cecil De La Caridad Aldana Tamayo
Date of birth (2003-09-17) 17 September 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Cuba
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Granma 8 (14)
2023–2025 LDU Quito 60 (58)
2025 Dragonas IDV – (–)
2026 Universidad de Chile 3 (0)
International career
2024 Cuba 7 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 July 2026

Cecil De La Caridad Aldana Tamayo (born 17 September 2003) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a forward.

Life and career

Aldana was born on 17 September 2003 in Cuba. She started playing football at the age of seven. She played football in the streets with her cousins and friends as a child. She attended the School of Initiation of Sports in Schools in Cuba. She is a native of Bayamo, Cuba. She started her career with Cuban side Granma. She was the top scorer of the 2022 Cuban women's league with fourteen goals. In 2023, she signed for Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito.

On 20 March 2026, Aldana signed with Universidad de Chile from Ecuadorian club Dragonas IDV. She left them on 7 July of the same year.

International career

Aldana is a Cuba international. She has played for the Cuba women's national under-17 football team, Cuba women's national under-20 football team, and Cuba women's national football team. She was described as "played for the Cuban national team since she was very young, highlighting her talent in categories higher than those corresponding to her age".

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 October 2023Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Guadeloupe1–03–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
2.3–0
3.2 December 2025 Saint Kitts and Nevis1–12–22026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
4.2–1

Style of play

Aldana mainly operates as a forward. She has been described as a "forward with great technical skill... no trouble getting down to three-quarters of the pitch to ask for the ball and then reach the opponent's goal... strong and her opponents have a hard time stopping her. A good finish is one of her attributes".

References

  1. ↑ "Cecil Aldana, la cubana que llegó a Guerreras Albas gracias a Instagram". primicias.ec.
  2. ↑ "Bayamesa Aldana brilla en el fútbol femenino de Ecuador". icrt.cu.
  3. ↑ "Refuerzo de categoría: ¡La goleadora Cecil Aldana potencia la delantera de las Leonas!". www.udechile.cl (in Spanish). 20 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Vera, Pablo (8 July 2026). "Llegó a la U como fichaje top y sólo duró tres meses: anuncio oficial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Desde Cuba, los goles de Cecil Aldana". Tercer Futbol. Retrieved 2024-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Cecil Aldana quiere un mano a mano con Paolo Guerrero".