Carlos Mora (footballer)

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Carlos Mora
Personal information
Full name Carlos Andrei Mora Montoya
Date of birth (2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 17
Youth career
–2020 Alajuelense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2024 Alajuelense 181 (30)
2024– Universitatea Craiova 38 (1)
International career‡
2023 Costa Rica Olympic 1 (0)
2022– Costa Rica 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025

Carlos Andrei Mora Montoya (born 18 March 2001), is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger or a wing-back for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova and the Costa Rica national team.

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Club career

Mora joined Liga Deportiva Alajuelense as a youngster and played age groups levels from under-15 where he was heavily tutored by Mauricio Montero. [1] He made his full team debut on 16 February, 2020, when he replaced Ariel Lassiter as a substitute in a 1–0 away victory over Santos de Guápiles. [2] He scored for his first goal for the club on the 4 November, 2020 in a CONCACAF League match against Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic which his side won 3–0. [3] Mora was in the squad when his team won the 2020 CONCACAF League Final 3–2 against Saprissa on 3 February, 2021. [4]

International career

Mora received his first call up for the Costa Rica national team for matches against Canada, El Salvador, and United States and subsequently made his first appearance for the national team on 30 March, 2022 against the United States. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alajuense 2019–20 Liga FPD 70———70
2020–21 Liga FPD392—5 [b] 1—443
2021–22 Liga FPD497—1 [b] 01 [c] 0517
2022–23 Liga FPD40106011 [d] 0—5710
2023–24 Liga FPD4610118 [e] 1—5512
Total18130702521021432
Universitatea Craiova 2024–25 Liga I 331412 [f] 0—392
2025–26 Liga I50006 [f] 2—112
Total3814182—504
Career total219311113341026436
  1. ↑ Includes Costa Rican Cup, Cupa României
  2. 1 2 Appearances in CONCACAF League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de Costa Rica
  4. ↑ Two appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup, nine appearances in CONCACAF League
  5. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Central American Cup
  6. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 9 September 2025 [6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Costa Rica 202240
202340
202590
Total170

Honours

Alajuelense

References

  1. ↑ "Chunche' Montero: a 'father' in the formation of Carlos Mora". espn.co.cr.
  2. ↑ "Alajuelense saca importante victoria de 0-1 ante el Santos". everadoherrera.com.
  3. ↑ "Alajuelense beats Cibao 3-0 and advances to the round of 16 of the Concacaf League". everadoherrera.com.
  4. ↑ "Alajuelense acaba con Saprissa y conquista la Liga Concacaf". everadoherrera.com.
  5. ↑ "La Sele closes the octagonal with a giant step". fedefutbol.com.
  6. ↑ "Carlos Mora". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
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