- Erick Scott
Football player infobox| playername= Erick Scott
fullname = Erick Scott Bernard
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|05|29
cityofbirth =Limón
countryofbirth =Costa Rica
height =
weight =
currentclub =Shanghai Shenhua
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =LD Alajuelense
years = 2001-2004 2004 2005 2006-2007 2008-
clubs =LD Alajuelense Columbus Crew LD Alajuelense CD Marathón Shanghai Shenhua
caps(goals) = 79 (43) 6 (0)
nationalyears = | nationalteam = Costa Rica
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ntupdate =Erick Scott Bernard (born
May 21 ,1981 in San José,Costa Rica ) is a Costa Rican soccer player, who currently plays forShanghai Shenhua in China .Scott joined the
Columbus Crew ofMajor League Soccer on loan in March 2004, after several exceptional years withLD Alajuelense , with whom he had played since May 2001. Scott scored 13 goals in the 2001-2 season, and another 20 in the 2002-3 season, propellingLD Alajuelense to two straight league titles. Scott also scored several goals against MLS and Mexican league teams in theCONCACAF Champions Cup , and was a key player during his first episode withLD Alajuelense .After joining the Crew, however, Scott has seen minimal playing time, and seems unlikely to return for 2005. He was picked up by
Real Salt Lake with the last pick of the2004 MLS Expansion Draft , but was not brought into the squad, he decided to stay in Costa Rica and returning toLD Alajuelense .Scott found himself a different team and a different manager so his performance was not even close the one he had before he left the squad less than a year ago. He didn't get a lot of minutes during what was left of the Clausura's Tournament. Everybody spected him to start the Apertura's tournament in the starting line-up but due some differences with fans and some members of the managerial team, he was transferred to
CD Marathón in order for him to get more minutes.He got the shape he wanted and started playing well for
CD Marathón , scoring goals and givin some assistances he got the attention from the Chinese league, so he move toShanghai Shenhua along with Honduran playerEmil Martinez . They were both teammates atLD Alajuelense and atCD Marathón and were bought togheter byShanghai Shenhua .Scott has also been a promising player for the Costa Rica national team at numerous levels. At young levels he appeared in the 2001 World Youth Championship held in Argentine and in the
2004 Summer Olympics . For the major team he played the2003 Gold Cup held in USA and some other qualifying games to2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.
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