- Wilmer López
Football player infobox
playername = Wilmer López
fullname = Wilmer López Arguedas
nickname = El Pato, El Ingeniero
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|3|8
cityofbirth = Alajuela
countryofbirth =Costa Rica
height = 169cms
weight = 70 kg
currentclub =Municipal Pérez Zeledón
clubnumber = 6
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-1993 1993-1998 1998 1998-2007 2007-2008
clubs =AD Carmelita LD Alajuelense Deportes Tolima LD Alajuelense Municipal Pérez Zeledón
caps(goals) = 238 (46) 14 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Costa Rica
nationalcaps(goals) = 76 (6)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Wilmer López Arguedas (born
3 August ,1971 ) is aCosta Rica n football player who currently plays forMunicipal Pérez Zeledón . He made his debut in the Costa Rican Primera División back in January the 5th of 1992 playing withAD Carmelita againstASODELI and right on the next season he was bought byLD Alajuelense , becoming there one of the most beloved players and claimed for the crowd, playing 13 seasons and winning 7 Costa Rican Championships, 3Copa Interclubes UNCAF championships and 1CONCACAF Champions' Cup , being part of the time that won 4 national championships in a row (1999-2000 - 2002-2003). He was awarded as the best player of the national tournament 2 seasons in a row before he moved to Colombia. And then another season when he returned to Costa Rica. He also played theCopa Merconorte and theCopa Sudamericana The
midfielder , known as "El Pato" (the Duck), played for Carmelita,Deportes Tolima inColombia andLD Alajuelense , before he was transferred to his current clubMunicipal Pérez Zeledón . He is also know as "El Ingeniero" (The Engineer) due his amazing ability to create plays with short and long passes and as well for his fast thinking that made in one of the best midfielders in the region durin the 90's and the beginning of the 2000s. After the 2003 he started to suffer a lot of injuries that made him lose a lot of games and he never returned to be same player, although he was still claimed for the crowd and gave a few good games along the road to the end of the 2007 season when his contract expired and the team decided not to hire him again. It was a very sad day for all theLD Alajuelense 's fans. Every time theMunicipal Pérez Zeledón has to play at theAlejandro Morera Soto stadium, his former fans wait for him singing and clapping every time he touches the ball, leting him know he still has part of their hearts.He played 76 times and scored 6 goals for the
Costa Rica national football team and was a participant of team during the qualifying matches to the1998 FIFA World Cup and also played in all 3 games during the2002 FIFA World Cup held in Korea and Japan. He played his last international game in 2003 against USA.
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