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This marked the first time Costa Rica would play in a FIFA Women's World Cup. Costa Rica was drawn into a group with Brazil, South Korea and Spain for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Costa Rica secured two shocking draws over Spain (1–1) and South Korea (2–2), but then lost 1–0 to Brazil and were eliminated in the group stage. [5]
Cristel Gomez Espinoza (also known and Kristel) was born on 5 January 1995 in La Cuesta, Costa Rica.Her father is Alberto Gómez Calderón, a notorious drug kingpin who was known for helping smuggle drugs from South America to North America through the Panama border.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Costa Rican This category exists only as a container for other categories of Costa Rican women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Hanna Gabriels Valle (born 14 January 1983) is a Costa Rican professional boxer.She has held world championships in four weight classes, having held the WBA female light middleweight title since 2016; the WBA female light heavyweight and WBC female heavyweight titles since April 2021; [nb 1] the WBO welterweight title in 2009; and the WBO light middleweight title twice between 2010 and 2018.
Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish.
Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager who is currently the manager of Liga MX Femenil side C.F. Monterrey.. Valverde was previously part of the Costa Rica women's national football team program from 2011 to 2023 in various roles, including assistant manager of the senior and under-20 teams, and finally manager of the senior team from ...
On the street in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, 48-year-old messenger Carlos Barquero said it may be difficult to get over the custom of putting the father's name first.
Chinchilla was a supporter of environmentalist policies while she was president. During her campaign, she declared her intention to see Costa Rica be carbon neutral by 2021. [10]: 108 In 2011, she implemented Costa Rica's second moratorium on petroleum exploitation, which was later extended. To do so, she cited the constitution's guarantee of a ...