César Elizondo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | César Elizondo Quesada | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | San Antonio FC | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Saprissa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2013 | Saprissa | 53 | (7) |
2010 | → Bayamón (loan) | ||
2010–2011 | → Pérez Zeledón (loan) | 22 | (5) |
2013 | Buriram United | (2) | |
2013–2014 | Carolina RailHawks | 29 | (4) |
2014–2015 | San Antonio Scorpions | 36 | (8) |
2016 | Pérez Zeledón | 18 | (4) |
2016– | San Antonio FC | 9 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2005-2007 | Costa Rica U20 | (8) | |
2011 | Costa Rica | 10 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2014. |
César Gerardo Elizondo Quesada (born 10 February 1988 in Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica) is a footballer who plays as a striker for San Antonio FC.[1]
Club career
His debut with Deportivo Saprissa in 2005 with 17 years old after the U-17 World Cup in Peru, then in 2007 played the U-20 World Cup in Canada the same year he signed his professional contract for Deportivo Saprissa where he achieved 3 national titles and a second place in CONCACAF Champions League.
For one season also played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón in 2009, in December 2012 left Saprissa and went to Thai Premier League Champions Buriram United where he won a Toyota Cup Championship.[2]
In 2013 He came to the NASL where he made his debut for Carolina RailHawks.[3] After a year in North Carolina, Elizondo moved to the Alamo City with San Antonio Scorpions. He scored 5 goals as San Antonio won the Fall Season Title and the NASL 2014 Championship. In the 2015 season he scored 3 goals. At the end of the 2015 season the franchise ceased operations.
International career
He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru where he scored the winning second round qualifying goal for his country and was named in the top 10 players of the World Cup Elizondo also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[4]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 10 caps.
Personal life
Elizondo is married to model Sofía Cascante.[5]
References
- ↑ "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD CESAR ELIZONDO". sanantoniofc.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ PRIMICIA: César Elizondo deja el Saprissa y se va para Tailandia - Mario Segura (Spanish)
- ↑ César Elizondo tuvo su debut con el Carolina Railhawks - Everardo Herrera (Spanish)
- ↑ César Elizondo – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Una diosa conquistó a César Elizondo - Al Día (Spanish)
External links
- César Elizondo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Railhawks