Danny_Fonseca
Danny Fonseca
Costa Rican footballer (born 1979)
Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo (born 7 November 1979) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Costa Rican club Cartaginés.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Cartago, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Municipal Paraíso | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | Cartaginés | 273 | (35) |
| 2006–2009 | Brujas | 116 | (9) |
| 2010–2018 | Cartaginés | 264 | (14) |
| Total | 653 | (58) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Costa Rica | 28 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2017 | |||
A native of Cartago, Fonseca played the majority of his career at local side Cartaginés. In February 2013 he tied club legend Leonel Hernández for most league games played for the club, with 360.[2] He also had a few seasons at Brujas, but returned to Cartaginés in May 2010.[3]
In October 2013, Fonseca reached 500 league games in the Costa Rican Primera División, the 14th player in the league history to do so.[4]
Fonseca played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria.[5]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and collected a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and was selected as a member of the Costa Rica squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.[5] He was the first player to be booked in the FIFA World Cup 2006 during his country's 4–2 defeat to Germany. Also he played at the 2003[6] and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[7] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8] He was a non-playing squad member at the 2004 Copa América.[9]
His final international was a January 2008 friendly match 1994 against Iran.
International goals
- Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
| N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 November 2005 | Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique |  France | 2–0 | 2–3 | Friendly match |
| 2. | 1 March 2006 | Azadi Stadium, Teheran, Iran |  Iran | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly match |
- "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- Danny Fonseca empatará récord de Leonel Hernández - Nación (in Spanish)
- Danny Fonseca vuelve al Cartaginés Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
- Danny Fonseca entra al club de los 500 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- Danny Fonseca – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- Copa América 2004 Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- Danny Fonseca at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nacion profile Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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