Sandro Alfaro

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Sandro Alfaro
Personal information
Full name Sandro Alfaro Gamboa
Date of birth (1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth San Carlos, Costa Rica
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990– Puntarenas
1994–1996 San Carlos
1996–1999 Herediano
1999–2003 Alajuelense
2003–2004 Cartaginés
2004 Puntarenas
International career‡
1991–2000 Costa Rica 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2014

Sandro Alfaro Gamboa (born 1 January 1971 in San Carlos [1] ) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer. He played for several clubs in Costa Rica.

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Club career

Alfaro played for Puntarenas from 1990, [2] Asociación Deportiva San Carlos, Club Sport Herediano, L.D. Alajuelense and C.S. Cartaginés. He won the Primera División de Costa Rica with Alajuelense four times, during the 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2002-03 seasons. [1]

International career

Alfaro made his debut for Costa Rica in an April 1991 friendly match against Mexico and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 1 goal. [1] He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [3] and played at the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup [4] and the 1997 Copa América. [5]

His final international was a July 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States.

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 February 2000 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–01–0 Friendly match

Personal life

Married to Yendry, they have a daughter called María Fernanda.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Figuras del ayer: Sandro Alfaro". UNAFUT. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  2. ↑ El mundo es pequeño - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Sandro Alfaro – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
  5. ↑ Copa América 1997 - RSSSF


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