- Rolando Fonseca
Football player infobox| playername= Rolando Fonseca
fullname = Rolando Fonseca Jímenez
nickname = El Principito
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|06|06
cityofbirth = San Jose
countryofbirth =Costa Rica
height = height|meters=1.77
weight = 74 kg
currentclub = Flagicon|GUAComunicaciones
clubnumber = 7
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =Deportivo Saprissa
years = 1991–1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002 2003 2003–2005 2006 2006–2007 2007 2008–
clubs =Deportivo Saprissa CF Pachuca Independiente Medellin America de Cali LD Alajuelense Comunicaciones Deportivo Saprissa La Piedad LD Alajuelense →Comunicaciones (loan)LD Alajuelense →Comunicaciones (loan)LD Alajuelense Municipal Liberia Comunicaciones
caps(goals) = 027 0(?) 012 0(?) 022 0(?) 011 0(2) 159 (94) 014 0(8) 012 0(5) 014 (11) 023 (10) 017 0(4) 038 (14) 015 0(5) 016 0(8)
nationalyears = 1992–---
nationalteam = Costa Rica
nationalcaps(goals) = 107 (47)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born
June 6 ,1974 in San José) is aCosta Rica n football player, who plays as astriker forComunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League. He is regarded as one of the country's most talented players of all time.Nicknamed 'El Principito', Fonseca has played for
Comunicaciones in Guatemala,Independiente Medellín andAmerica de Cali in Colombia,Pachuca and La Piedad in Mexico,Deportivo Saprissa ,LD Alajuelense and currently forMunicipal Liberia in Costa Rica.In Costa Rica, he has played a total of 271 games, scoring over 100 goals, between the league's two best teams,
Saprissa andLD Alajuelense . His debut was withDeportivo Saprissa back inJune 1 , 1991 againstASODELI , he scored his first goal againstSan Carlos on August 28th. He has won Costa Rican championships in 1993-94, 1994-95 withSaprissa , and 1996-97, 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2004-05 withLD Alajuelense . Additionally, he has wonCONCACAF Champions' Cup s in 1993, 1995 withSaprissa , and 2004 withLD Alajuelense .Fonseca has also been a fixture on the Costa Rica national team since 1992. He has played in more than 100 games for his national football team, and is currently the best all-time scorer for Costa Rica, with 47 goals. He scored his 47th national goal against Chile with a spectacular strike with the goal at his back, that was the number 1000 for Costa Rica in international matches. Fonseca played in two games for the team at the 2002 World Cup. He is also the all-time top scorer in the
UNCAF Nations Cup with 19 goals he was also voted as a best player of this tournament in 1999 scoring 5 goals.By his well performance in
LD Alajuelense in the last 2 seasons and the latest games he played with theCosta Rica national football team , he received many offers from clubs inChina ,Chile ,Turkey and MLS, but he decided at last to become co-owner, player and captain ofMunicipal Liberia inCosta Rica .Although he was having a great season, he left the
Municipal Liberia 's project a few days before finishing the Apertura's Tournament, apparently due personal issues and some differences with actual and until that moment co-owner Mario Sotela. There were some rumors of he going back toLD Alajuelense but they were all discarded in a couple of days. He got in conversations with Brujas F.C.'s owner but at the end of the day, he decided to go back toComunicaciones in Guatemala, were he has some good memories and is the best foreign player the team has ever had.
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