Juan Bautista Esquivel

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Juan Bautista Esquivel
Personal information
Full name Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo
Date of birth (1980-08-12) 12 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth San Ramón, Costa Rica
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2005 Saprissa
International career
2002–2003 Costa Rica 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo (born 12 August 1980) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer who played his entire career for Saprissa. [2]

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Club career

Born in San Ramón, Esquivel made his professional debut for Saprissa against Limonense. [3] With Saprissa, Esquivel won three national championships, as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title.

He participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, who ended up in third place, behind São Paulo and Liverpool [4] After his sudden retirement, he was offered a coaching job at Saprissa´s minor league system.

Forced retirement

Better known as Juanbau, he used to play as a left winger, before a heart condition cut his promising career short in 2005. [5] He was forced to leave professional football at the short age of 25, despite being considered as a future star for his team and the Costa Rica national football team. His father Santiago had died from the same heart disease. [6]

In June 2009, Bautista Esquivel was named assistant to manager Luis Torres at second division side Barrio México. [7]

International career

Esquivel played at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Egypt, [4] and the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria. [4]

Esquivel then made four appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Morocco on March 27, 2002. [8] His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against Finland.

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  2. ↑ Debe retirarse del futbol Mal cardíaco faulea a Juan Bautista - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El corazón detiene a Esquivel - Al Día (in Spanish)
  4. 1 2 3 Juan Esquivel – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ "Esquivel, va por ti". Al Día. 2006-01-28.
  6. ↑ Saprissista Juan Bautista Esquivel podría retirarse del futbol por mal cardiaco - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Barrio México cambia de técnico - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-20.


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