| Lester Moré | |
| Fullname: | Lester Oriel Moré Henningham |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Ciego de Avila, Cuba |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1996–2007 |
| Clubs1: | Ciego de Ávila |
| Caps1: | 47 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2008 |
| Clubs2: | Charleston Battery |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2009 |
| Clubs3: | River Plate Ponce |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Clubs4: | LA Azul Legends |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 72 |
| Totalgoals: | 131 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1995–2007 |
| Nationalteam1: | Cuba |
| Nationalcaps1: | 62 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 30 |
Lester Oriel Moré Henningham (born 15 July 1978) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the Cuba national team's all-time record goalscorer, with 30.
Moré played for over a decade for his hometown team, Ciego de Ávila, in his native Cuba, prior to his defection to the United States in 2008. He won the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba with Ciego de Ávila in 2001 and 2003. He scored a Cuban league record of 32 goals in the 2002–03 season and 123 league goals in total.[1]
He played with Charleston Battery in 2008, featuring in eleven games before being released at the end of the season. He played for Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico in 2009, before moving back to the United States to play for the amateur Los Angeles Azul Legends in the USL Premier Development League in 2010, alongside former Cuba national teammate Eders Roldan.[2]
Moré made his debut for Cuba in 1995 and was a squad member at the 1998,[3] 2003,[4] 2005[5] and 2007 Gold Cup Finals.[6]
He also played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches between 1996 and 2004. He has collected a total of 62 caps, scoring 29 goals, making him the top scorer of the national team.[7]
His final appearance for the national team was at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2007 against Mexico. During the tournament, Moré and Osvaldo Alonso fled the Cuban team camp, effectively defecting from Cuba.[8]
Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moré goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 2 | Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 6–0 | 6–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 3 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 4 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 5 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 6 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | |||
| 7 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 8 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | |||
| 9 | Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | |||
| 10 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 11 | Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | |||
| 12 | Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, United States | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| 13 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 14 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 15 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 16 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |||
| 17 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 18 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 19 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 20 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 21 | 2–2 | ||||||
| 22 | Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2005 Caribbean Cup | |||
| 23 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2005 Caribbean Cup | |||
| 24 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 25 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2005 Caribbean Cup | |||
| 26 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 27 | Qwest Field, Seattle, United States | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| 28 | Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2007 Caribbean Cup | |||
| 29 | Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2007 Caribbean Cup | |||
| 30 | 2–0 |