Higinio Vélez
Cuban baseball manager (1947–2021)
Higinio Vélez Carrión (July 27, 1947 – May 12, 2021)[1] was a Cuban baseball manager.
Biography
After leading Santiago de Cuba to three straight championships in the Cuban National Series (1999–2001),[2] he became the manager of the Cuba national baseball team, that would take home a gold medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3]
Velez died from COVID-19 on 12 May 2021, at age 73, in Havana during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.[4]
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Cuba roster – 2006 World Baseball Classic runners-up
- 2 Eduardo Paret
- 4 Deinis Suárez
- 8 Ariel Pestano
- 10 Yuli Gurriel
- 11 Rudy Reyes
- 12 Michel Enríquez
- 14 Joan Carlos Pedroso
- 16 Adiel Palma
- 19 Ormari Romero
- 21 Alexei Ramírez
- 23 Vicyohandri Odelín
- 24 Frederich Cepeda
- 26 Luis Borroto
- 31 Yoandy Garlobo
- 42 Juan Carlos Moreno
- 46 Osmani Urrutia
- 48 Yulieski González
- 51 Eriel Sánchez
- 53 Ariel Borrero
- 54 Leslie Anderson
- 56 Carlos Tabares
- 58 Jonder Martínez
- 61 Roger Machado
- 62 Yadier Pedroso
- 79 Maikel Folch
- 81 Yosvani Pérez
- 90 Yadel Martí
- 97 Yunieski Maya
- 99 Pedro Luis Lazo
- Manager 39 Higinio Vélez
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