Douglas Sequeira

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Sequeira and the second or maternal family name is Solano.

Douglas Sequeira

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Sequeira Solano
Date of birth	23 August 1977 (1977-08-23) (age 34)
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Saprissa
Number	20
Youth career
	Saprissa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Saprissa	10	(1)
1997–1999	Feyernoord	1	(?)
1998	Mouscron	?	(?)
1999–2000	Karlsruhe	24	(0)
2000–2005	Saprissa	?	(?)
2005	Chivas USA	23	(2)
2006	Real Salt Lake	18	(1)
2007–2009	Tromsø	24	(4)
2009–	Saprissa	32	(3)
National team‡
1999–	Costa Rica	41	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April 2009

Douglas Sequeira Solano (Also known as El Esqueleto Sequeira) (born 23 August 1977 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football defender who plays for Saprissa. His older brother, Alejandro Sequeira plays as Forward.

Career

Early career

Sequeira started his career in Costa Rica, playing for Saprissa in 1995. He also spent some time in Europe with Feyenoord, Mouscron and Karlsruhe, before returning to Costa Rica and Saprissa.

Major League Soccer

He was originally acquired by Major League Soccer and Real Salt Lake from Saprissa in exchange for Pablo Brenes, and was immediately sent to Chivas USA for a draft pick, and spent a year with the team. Subsequently, Sequeira ended up at Real Salt Lake but was waived following the 2006 season.

Tromsø

In December 2006, he signed a three year contract with Norwegian club Tromsø. Sequeira got a good start to his career at Tromsø, scoring the 1–0 winning goal in the 8th minute of his first official match for the club, against Vålerenga on 9 April 2007. On 30 July 2009, Sequeira played his last match for Tromsø at Alfheim Stadion. He will return to Costa Rica and Saprissa, after playing against Vålerenga on 9 August 2009.^[1]

International career

Sequeira has played for the Costa Rica national football team on various youth levels, and received his first senior cap in 2004, since then he has represented the national team 36 times scoring twice.^[2] He played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

FIFA suspended Sequeira for three matches following an incident where he kneed an opponent in the stomach during a 3–0 loss to the United States during qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[4]

References

Notes

1. ^ Vemodig Douglas TIL.no
2. ^ "Costa Rica - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
3. ^ Douglas Sequeira – FIFA competition record
4. ^ "Costa Rican suspended for foul vs. U.S. team". Deseret News. 2005-06-23. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600143820,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 

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Name	Sequeira, Douglas
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Date of birth	23 August 1977
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
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