Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harold Wallace McDonald | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back / Central midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Saprissa | 15 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Belén | 14 | (0) |
1995 | Zacatepec | 6 | (0) |
1995–2002 | Alajuelense | 268 | (15) |
2002–2003 | → San Luis (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2003–2008 | Alajuelense | 156 | (8) |
2008–2010 | Liberia Mía | 51 | (3) |
Total | 539 | (29) | |
International career | |||
1995–2009 | Costa Rica | 101 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2014– | Costa Rica U-20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harold Wallace McDonald (born September 7, 1975) [1] is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a right-back and central midfielder.
He started his career with Deportivo Saprissa, being part of their minor league system. After a season with Saprissa and then Belén, he was transferred alongside compatriot Jewisson Bennett to Zacatepec, [2] of Mexico's professional football league. He then came back and signed with Saprissa's arch-rivals Alajuelense, earning a place in the starting line-up really quick and remained with the team for 7 years. From 2002, he spent a year on loan playing for San Luis in the Mexican Primera División [3] before making a second return to Alajuelense. [4] He later withdraw a lawsuit against his club, after claiming part of the transfer fee paid by San Luis to Alajuelense. [5] He would end up playing a total of 424 league games and 80 international games for Liga. [6]
In summer 2008 Wallace joined other high-profile players at ambitious Liberia Mía [7] and he retired in summer 2010 after playing his final two seasons at the then renamed Águilas Guanacastecas. [8]
Wallace was a member of Costa Rica's youth national teams, playing in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship finals in the Qatar. [9]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a September 1995 friendly match against Jamaica [10] and earned a total of 101 caps, scoring 3 goals. [11] He represented his country in 28 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [9] and played in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. [12] He also played at two Copa América tournaments, four CONCACAF Gold Cups and three UNCAF Nations Cups.
His final international was an August 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras, after reaching a century of caps in his previous game against Mexico. [10]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 February 2000 | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
2. | 4 February 2007 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly match |
3. | 16 February 2007 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup |
In July 2014, Wallace and Pablo Sanz took the reins of the Costa Rica national under-20 football team after coach Rónald "Macho" Mora was sacked. [13]
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