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2 unusual facts about Costa Rica national football team


Johan Oremo

Oremo's debut in the Swedish national team came against Costa Rica on January 13, 2008.

Marcelo Tulbovitz

From October, 2006 through 2008 the Costa Rican Football Federation, named Hernan Medford and his staff to coach Costa Rica national football team.


Diego Calvo

Calvo made his international debut for Costa Rica on 22 March 2013 against the United States in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Colorado.

Edgar Castillo

Castillo was called up to the national side for World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica in Mexico City and Honduras in San Pedro Sula on March 28 and April 1, 2009 but was unable to travel to either match because he had "lost" his Mexican passport.

History of Deportivo Saprissa

During the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, Saprissa was the backbone of the Costa Rican national team, whose international pinnacle came at the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, when against all odds, Costa Rica reached the second round, eliminating countries such as Scotland and Sweden.

José Miguel Cubero

José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987 in Sarchí) is a Costa Rican football player, currently playing for C.S. Herediano in Primera División de Costa Rica, and for the Costa Rica national football team.

Lang Zheng

On 26 March 2011, Lang made his senior international debut in a friendly against Costa Rica in an experimental team that also saw Jin Jingdao, Lü Peng, Ma Chongchong, Ye Weichao and Zhang Xizhe make their first appearances in a game that ended in 2-2 draw.

Leonel Moreira

Leonel Moreira (born 4 April 1990) is a Costa Rican football player, currently playing for C.S. Herediano in Primera División de Costa Rica, and for the Costa Rica national football team.

Mauricio Solís

Mauricio Solís Mora (born 13 December 1972 in Heredia) is a former Costa Rican professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.

Teletica Canal 7

Main programming consists on local news show call Telenoticias, Buen Dia (morning show), Mexican and Colombian soap operas, US dubbed TV series, sports, Deportivo Saprissa soccer games and Costa Rica national football team friendly games.

Whayne Wilson

Wilson was a member of the Costa Rica national football team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.


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