Harold Cummings

Harold Oshkaly Cummings Segura (born 1 March 1992) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Nacional club Xelajú and captains the Panama national football team.

Harold Cummings
Cummings playing for Unión Española in 2020
Personal information
Full nameHarold Oshkaly Cummings Segura
Date of birth (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthPanama City, Panama
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Xelajú
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2014Árabe Unido52(0)
2011–2012River Plate (loan)0(0)
2014–2015Juan Aurich18(0)
2015Santa Fe12(0)
2016LD Alajuelense24(1)
2017–2019San Jose Earthquakes37(0)
2020-2021Unión Española21(1)
2021-2022Always Ready11(0)
2022C.D. Árabe Unido1(0)
2022-2023Cortuluá12(0)
2023Monagas11(0)
2023-2024Árabe Unido11(1)
2024-Xelajú0(0)
International career
Panama U17[2]
2010–2011Panama U209(0)
2012Panama U236(0)
2010–Panama81(1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Panama
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up2023 United States–CanadaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2022

Club career

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Árabe Unido

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In 2009, he signed for Liga Panameña de Fútbol club Árabe Unido where he made 22 appearances.[3] In 2011, he signed for Uruguayan Primera División club River Plate on loan.[4]

Juan Aurich

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In January 2014 he joined Peruvian outfit Juan Aurich to play alongside compatriot Luis Tejada[5]

Independiente Santa Fe

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In January 2015 he signed for Categoría Primera A club Independiente Santa Fe.[6][7]

San Jose Earthquakes

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In January 2017 he signed for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes[8] joining Panama teammate Aníbal Godoy. Cummings suffered a broken leg at his home in March.[9] Following this injury, he was listed as out for the season in May without having made a single appearance for San Jose.[10] Cummings made his MLS debut on 3 March 2018, in San Jose's season-opening 3–2 victory over Minnesota United.[11]

International career

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Cummings was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he help his nation qualify to the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.[12]

His senior international debut for Panama came on 7 September 2010 against Trinidad and Tobago, in a Friendly match played in Panama City.[13] In 2011, he was called up by Julio Dely Valdés to play the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[14]

At the start of 2017, Cummings was named to the 2017 Copa Centroamericana Best XI for his performances in the January tournament, which qualified Panama for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[15] In February, he received a call-up for Panama's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Trinidad and Tobago and the United States on 24 and 28 March, respectively, but was called home from camp by San Jose due to injury issues that the club did not wish to aggravate.[16][17] These injuries persisted throughout the year and prevented him from taking part in the Gold Cup and in Panama's September World Cup qualifiers as well.

Cummings said in February 2018 that he hoped to make a successful comeback from his injuries and perform well for San Jose, for which he did not appear in 2017, and translate a strong club appearance into call-ups for Panama's March friendlies and eventual 2018 FIFA World Cup appearance, the first in national history.[18] He was called up to the squad for friendlies against Denmark and Switzerland on 22 and 27 March, respectively, alongside San Jose teammate Aníbal Godoy.[19]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[20]

Career statistics

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Club

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Statistics accurate as of 7 April 2018.

ClubSeasonLeagueCup[a]League CupOther[b]Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Árabe Unido200900----5050
2010–11220----50270
2012–13210------210
2013–1490----40130
Total520----140660
Juan Aurich201418090----270
Santa Fe201511010--50170
Alajuelense2015–16151------151
2016–1790------90
Total241------241
San Jose Earthquakes2017000000--00
20181000000--100
Total400000--40
Career total1101100--1901391
  1. ^ Includes appearances in the Copa Inca and Superliga Colombiana
  2. ^ Includes appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League, Copa Libertadores, and Copa Sudamericana

International

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As of matches played 31 July 2023[21]
Panama
YearAppsGoals
201030
201150
201210
2013110
201480
2015120
201660
201740
201871
201980
202030
2021100
202230
202340
Total851

International goals

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Cummings scored his first international goal on November 20, 2018. However, this goal was cancelled by an own goal he scored on September 8, 2019 against Bermuda.

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.[21]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 November 2018Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Ecuador1–11–2Friendly
2.8 September 2019Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda  Bermuda1–11–4CONCACAF Nations League

Honours

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Santa Fe

Panama

References

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  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 8 July 2018. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF 2009 U-17 Championship Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Hárold Cummings". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Harold Cummings fichó por River Plate de Uruguay" (in Spanish). Diariopro. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. ^ Juan Aurich: Harold Cummings es el nuevo refuerzo del 'Ciclón' Archived 1 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Depor (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Earthquakes Sign Panamanian Defender Harold Cummings". MLS. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  7. ^ http://peru.com/futbol/la-nueve/independiente-santa-fe-se-refuerza-harold-cummings-noticia-315392 Independiente de Santa Fe se refuerza con Harold Cummings
  8. ^ "Earthquakes Sign Panamanian Defender Harold Cummings". MLS. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Earthquakes' Harold Cummings sidelined 4–6 months by broken leg". ESPN FC. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  10. ^ Elliott Almond (17 May 2017). "Earthquakes lose top defender for season because of accident". The Mercury News. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. ^ "RECAP: Quakes win on Opening Night 3–2!". San Jose Earthquakes. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  12. ^ Harold CummingsFIFA competition record (archived)
  13. ^ Harold Cummings at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details – RSSSF
  15. ^ "Tres panameños en el XI Ideal de la Copa Centroamericana" (in Spanish). Federación Panameña de Fútbol. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  16. ^ "FEPAFUT on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Ricardo Icaza on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Harold Cummings apunta como titular con los 'Quakes' y a ganarse un lugar en la Panamá mundialista" (in Spanish). Univision. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  19. ^ "FEPAFUT on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  21. ^ a b Harold Cummings at National-Football-Teams.com
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