Randall Azofeifa

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Randall Azofeifa
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Azofeifa in 2012
Personal information
Full name Randall Azofeifa Corrales [1]
Date of birth (1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 39) [2]
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2001 Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2006 Saprissa 48 (26)
2006–2011 K.A.A. Gent 140 (40)
2011–2013 Gençlerbirliği 70 (7)
2013–2014 Kayseri Erciyesspor 17 (1)
2014 CS Uruguay 10 (1)
2015–2021 Herediano 230 (46)
2021–2023 Sporting San José 31 (11)
International career
2005–2018 Costa Rica 60 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:39, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018

Randall Azofeifa Corrales (born 30 December 1984) is a Costa Rican former footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Club career

Azofeifa won two national championship, the UNCAF Nations Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title with Deportivo Saprissa. He participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, where he played a key role in helping them to finish in third place, behind São Paulo and Liverpool. Azofeifa joined Belgian Jupiler League club Gent in 2006. [4]

Turkey

In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team Gençlerbirliği at a transfer price of 1.6 million Euros and in May 2013 he moved on to Kayseri Erciyesspor. [5]

In September 2014, Azofeifa returned to Costa Rica to play for Uruguay Coronado [6] and in January 2015 he joined Herediano. [7]

International career

Azofeifa played at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago. [8] As of January 2014, Azofeifa has made 35 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, including qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup. [8] He made one appearance for Costa Rica at the 2006 World Cup. [8] Azofeifa appeared in four matches at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [9]

In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [10]

Honours

K.A.A. Gent

Career statistics

International

As of 27 June 2018 [11]
Costa Rica
YearAppsGoals
200520
200670
200770
200841
200930
201030
201160
201230
201300
201400
201520
2016102
201790
201820
Total583

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 June 2008 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 3–03–0 2010 World Cup qualifier
2.2 September 2016 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1–01–0 2018 World Cup qualifier
3.8 October 2016 Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, RussiaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–04–3 Friendly

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  7. Rándall Azofeifa ya es jugador del Club Sport Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. 1 2 3 Randall Azofeifa FIFA competition record (archived)
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