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Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in six FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.
Celso Borges is Costa Rica's most capped international of all time with 163 caps. The Costa Rica national football team has represented Costa Rica in international football since 1921, when they played their first international, a 7–0 win over El Salvador in the Independence Centenary Games. Organized by the Costa Rican Football Federation, it joined FIFA in 1927 and CONCACAF in 1961 ...
It includes Costa Rican footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Players of Costa Rica national association football team .
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024 Andy Emanuel Rojas Maroto (born 5 December 2005), also known as Tuti , [ 1 ] is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays as a winger or striker for Liga FPD club Herediano , and the Costa Rica national team .
Football is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. [1] [2] [3] Costa Rica has long been considered an exporter of footballers within Central America, with 19 players in European professional football leagues during 2006. [4] The newspaper, La Nación, has prepared an annual census of these "Legionnaires" since 1994. [5]
During the round of 16, Campbell was the fourth of five Costa Rican players to successfully convert his kick in a 5–3 penalty shootout victory over Greece. [59] Campbell was again called up to Costa Rica's squad for the Gold Cup of 2017. [60] In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [61]
Costa Rica men's international footballers (2 C, 366 P)-Costa Rican men's footballers (1 C, 480 P) + Costa Rican expatriate footballers (2 C) C.
On 29 May 2011, Calvo made his debut with the Costa Rica senior team in San José in a friendly game against Nigeria. [14] He was also part of the Costa Rica squad at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup . Calvo was also a reserve call-up for Costa Rica at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup , [ 15 ] and later impressed senior head coach Ricardo La Volpe to win ...