The Costa Rica national football team has represented Costa Rica in international football since 1921, when they played their first international, a 7–0 win over El Salvador in the Independence Centenary Games. Organized by the Costa Rican Football Federation, it joined FIFA in 1927 and CONCACAF in 1961.
Bold | Played for the national team in the past year |
No. | Name | National career | Caps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celso Borges | 2008– | 158 | 27 |
2 | Bryan Ruiz | 2005– | 147 | 29 |
3 | Walter Centeno | 1995–2009 | 137 | 24 |
4 | Luis Marín | 1993–2006 | 128 | 5 |
5 | Joel Campbell | 2011– | 124 | 25 |
6 | Rolando Fonseca | 1992–2011 | 113 | 47 |
7 | Álvaro Saborío | 2002– | 112 | 36 |
8 | Mauricio Solís | 1993–2006 | 110 | 6 |
Keylor Navas | 2008– | 110 | 0 | |
10 | Michael Umaña | 2004–2017 | 102 | 1 |
11 | Harold Wallace | 1995–2009 | 101 | 3 |
12 | Rónald Gómez | 1993–2008 | 91 | 24 |
13 | Hernán Medford | 1987–2002 | 89 | 18 |
14 | Giancarlo González | 2010– | 88 | 2 |
15 | Christian Bolaños | 2005– | 87 | 6 |
16 | Júnior Díaz | 2003–2016 | 81 | 1 |
Johan Venegas | 2014– | 81 | 11 | |
18 | Cristian Gamboa | 2010–2020 | 79 | 3 |
Francisco Calvo | 2011– | 79 | 8 | |
Yeltsin Tejeda | 2011– | 79 | 1 | |
21 | Bryan Oviedo | 2010– | 78 | 2 |
22 | Erick Lonnis | 1992–2002 | 76 | 0 |
Wílmer López | 1993–2003 | 76 | 6 | |
24 | Óscar Ramírez | 1985–1997 | 75 | 6 |
Óscar Duarte | 2010– | 75 | 4 | |
26 | Jervis Drummond | 1995–2008 | 73 | 1 |
Paulo Wanchope | 1996–2008 | 73 | 45 | |
28 | Steven Bryce | 1998–2005 | 72 | 9 |
29 | Jhonny Acosta | 2011–2018 | 70 | 2 |
30 | Kendall Waston | 2013– | 68 | 8 |
31 | Marco Ureña | 2009–2020 | 67 | 15 |
Mauricio Wright | 1995–2005 | 67 | 6 | |
33 | Austin Berry | 1991–2002 | 65 | 6 |
Rónald González | 1990–2000 | 65 | 5 | |
35 | David Guzmán | 2010– | 63 | 0 |
Jafet Soto | 1994–2005 | 63 | 10 | |
37 | Randall Azofeifa | 2005–2018 | 61 | 3 |
Leonardo González | 2002–2009 | 61 | 1 | |
Gilberto Martínez | 2001–2011 | 61 | 0 | |
40 | Roy Miller | 2005–2015 | 58 | 2 |
41 | Mauricio Montero | 1985–1996 | 56 | 3 |
42 | Michael Barrantes | 2007–2015 | 54 | 4 |
José Miguel Cubero | 2010–2020 | 54 | 2 | |
Rónald Matarrita | 2015– | 54 | 3 | |
45 | Evaristo Coronado | 1983–1992 | 52 | 10 |
Enrique Díaz | 1979–1992 | 52 | 3 | |
47 | Víctor Cordero | 1995–2008 | 51 | 0 |
Marvin Obando | 1980–1994 | 51 | 1 | |
Edgar Quesada | 1951–1963 | 51 | 3 | |
50 | Juan Cayasso | 1983–1993 | 49 | 9 |
Róger Flores | 1983–1991 | 49 | 2 | |
52 | Carlos Castro | 2000–2007 | 48 | 1 |
Héctor Marchena | 1987–1994 | 48 | 0 | |
Reynaldo Parks | 1993–2003 | 48 | 1 | |
Alonso Solís | 1999–2008 | 48 | 8 | |
56 | Germán Chavarría | 1983–1994 | 46 | 1 |
Claudio Jara | 1983–1994 | 46 | 11 | |
Álvaro Grant | 1959–1969 | 46 | 1 | |
59 | Juan José Gámez | 1959–1970 | 45 | 7 |
Rúben Jiménez | 1955–1963 | 45 | 11 | |
Roy Myers | 1990–2000 | 45 | 2 | |
62 | Ricardo González | 1995–2009 | 44 | 0 |
63 | Randall Brenes | 2005–2014 | 43 | 8 |
Wálter Elizondo | 1963–1975 | 43 | 5 | |
Marvin Rodríguez | 1955–1961 | 43 | 7 | |
66 | Douglas Sequeira | 1999–2010 | 42 | 2 |
67 | Mario Cordero | 1950–1963 | 41 | 7 |
68 | Carlos Hernández | 2004–2014 | 40 | 7 |
69 | Pablo Chinchilla | 1999–2008 | 39 | 1 |
Patrick Pemberton | 2010–2017 | 39 | 0 | |
71 | Álvaro Mesén | 1999–2006 | 38 | 0 |
72 | Hermidio Barrantes | 1989–2000 | 37 | 0 |
73 | Álvaro Murillo | 1950–1959 | 36 | 9 |
Asdrúbal Paniagua | 1971–1985 | 36 | 0 | |
José Salvatierra | 2011–2018 | 36 | 0 | |
76 | Leonel Hernández | 1963–1972 | 35 | 11 |
Alexander Madrigal | 1995–2002 | 35 | 2 | |
William Sunsing | 2000–2009 | 35 | 2 | |
79 | Rodrigo Cordero | 2000–2004 | 34 | 1 |
José Luis López | 2003–2011 | 34 | 0 | |
Keysher Fuller | 2019– | 34 | 3 | |
82 | Javier Delgado | 1992–2000 | 33 | 2 |
Floyd Guthrie | 1991–1998 | 33 | 3 | |
Jose Porras | 2004–2007 | 33 | 0 | |
85 | Luis Diego Arnáez | 1991–2004 | 32 | 10 |
Alex Sánchez | 1950–1963 | 32 | 0 | |
Carlos Toppings | 1979–1984 | 32 | 2 | |
Rodney Wallace | 2011–2018 | 32 | 4 | |
89 | Francisco Hernández | 1967–1980 | 31 | 5 |
Edgar Marín | 1963–1976 | 31 | 4 | |
Vladimir Quesada | 1989–1996 | 31 | 0 | |
92 | Leonidas Flores | 1984–1996 | 30 | 6 |
93 | Gabelo Conejo | 1987–1991 | 29 | 0 |
Pablo Herrera | 2007–2014 | 29 | 4 | |
Mario Pérez Rodriguez | 1955–1971 | 29 | 0 | |
96 | Danny Fonseca | 2003–2008 | 28 | 2 |
Víctor Núñez | 2006–2013 | 28 | 6 | |
Óscar Rojas | 2001–2012 | 28 | 1 | |
Erick Scott | 2002–2012 | 28 | 7 | |
100 | Sandro Alfaro | 1991–2000 | 27 | 1 |
Winston Parks | 2001–2011 | 27 | 6 | |
Roy Sáenz | 1965–1970 | 27 | 12 | |
Juan Ulloa | 1955–1962 | 27 | 23 | |
104 | Gabriel Badilla | 2005–2012 | 26 | 1 |
Jorge Monge | 1955–1961 | 26 | 21 | |
Allan Oviedo | 1996–1999 | 26 | 7 | |
107 | Carlos Alvarado | 1946–1960 | 25 | 0 |
Juan Carlos Arguedas | 1991–2000 | 25 | 4 | |
Try Bennett | 1995–2007 | 25 | 1 | |
Freddy Fernández | 2007–2009 | 25 | 1 | |
Andy Herron | 2002–2009 | 25 | 7 | |
Esteban Alvarado | 2010–2022 | 25 | 0 |
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