Diego Estrada (footballer)

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Diego Estrada
Personal information
Full name Diego Alonso Estrada Valverde [1]
Date of birth (1989-05-25) May 25, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Guadalupe
Youth career
Alajuelense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Alajuelense 40 (6)
2011 Real Zaragoza B 12 (2)
2012 Comunicaciones 39 (16)
2013–2015 Saprissa 89 (17)
2016 Melgar 8 (1)
2016–2017 Comunicaciones 43 (6)
2018 Herediano 22 (2)
2018–2019 Grecia 25 (11)
2019 La U Universitarios 10 (0)
2020–2021 Cartaginés 28 (1)
2022– Guadalupe 0 (0)
International career
2009 Costa Rica U-20 7 (1)
2010 Costa Rica U-21 2 (0)
2012 Costa Rica U-23 2 (1)
2010–2011 Costa Rica 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:18, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Diego Alonso Estrada Valverde (born 25 May 1989) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Guadalupe.

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Club career

Estrada began his professional career at Costa Rican club Alajuelense. His good performances with Costa Rican U-20 team lead to transfer interest from Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. [2]

On 31 December 2010, Adelaide United announced that they had agreed to terms with Estrada on a 3-year contract, [3] which did not eventuate in the January 2011 transfer window. He then went to Spain to play for Zaragoza in 2011, but only in May 2014 FIFA condemned the Spanish club to pay Alajuelense 486,000 euros for Estrada. [4]

He played for Comunicaciones from Guatemala during 2012 and has signed a one-year contract to play for Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica starting 2013. [5]

International career

Estrada played for Costa Rica at U-20 level and was a key player in their CONCACAF Under-20 Championship title win in 2009 where he also scored in the final in a 3-0 demolishing of the United States U-20 team. Estrada then went on to become yet again the key player in his side's campaign at the FIFA U-20 World Cup where they narrowly lost to Brazil national football team in the semi-finals. [6]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2010 friendly match against Argentina and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals.

Career statistics

(Current as of 2 January 2011)

ClubSeasonLeagueFinals/CupContinentalInternationalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LD Alajuelense 2009–10 172000000172
2010–11 234000000234
Total

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. October 6, 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Clubes de Portugal tras Diego Estrada - DEPORTES - la Nación". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. ↑ http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/signing-adds-to-reds-pressure/story-e6frecj3-1225979014946 Signing adds to Reds' pressure
  4. ↑ La FIFA condena al Real Zaragoza a pagar 486.000 euros por Diego Estrada - Heraldo (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Diego Estrada sale de Comunicaciones - Camerino Crema (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Diego Estrada – FIFA competition record (archived)
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