José_Mena
José Mena
Costa Rican footballer (born 1989)
José Antonio Mena Alfaro (born 2 February 1989) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Nacional club Municipal.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Antonio Mena Alfaro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | San Jose, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Municipal | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Saprissa | 49 | (4) |
| 2012 | Pérez Zeledón | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bangkok Glass | 24 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | UCR | 73 | (11) |
| 2017 | Herediano | 7 | (1) |
| 2017–2023 | Antigua | 251 | (17) |
| 2024- | Municipal | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010– | Costa Rica | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2021 (UTC) | |||
In 2009, he debuted for Primera División de Costa Rica club Saprissa.[2] On 5 September 2012, he moved to Municipal Pérez Zeledón on a one-year contract with an option to extend for a further year,[3] but he left them in December 2012 for Thailand outfit Bangkok Glass.[4] In August 2014 he terminated his contract with Bangkok focusing on his recovery from a broken foot.[5]
He returned to Costa Rica in December 2014 to sign for Universidad.[6]
Mena played for the Costa Rica national football team at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, where the team finished in fourth place.[7]
On 1 June 2010 he made his senior debut for the Costa Rica national football team in a friendly match against Switzerland[8]
- Bangkok Glass
- Thai FA Cup Runner-up (1): 2013
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- "José Mena llega a Pérez Zeledón por un torneo". Alejandro Méndez (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- Jugará en el fútbol de Asia José Mena se va para el exterior - Al Dia (in Spanish)
- José Mena recayó en su lesión y rescindió su contrato en Tailandia - Everardo Herrera (in Spanish)
- José Mena regresa al fútbol costarricense con la UCR Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine - Tico Deporte (in Spanish)