Toribio Rojas

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Toribio Rojas
Personal information
Full name Toribio Rojas Gamboa
Date of birth (1945-02-14) 14 February 1945 (age 78)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Alajuelense
1967 Ramonense
International career
Costa Rica
Managerial career
Ramonense
Puntarenas
San Carlos
1993–1995 Costa Rica
1996 Guanacasteca
1997 Carmelita
1997 Pérez Zeledón
1998–1999 Fraigcomar
2003 Bayamón-Lincoln
2002–2003 Puerto Rico
2006–2007 Puerto Rico Islanders
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toribio Rojas Gamboa (born 14 February 1945) is a Costa Rican retired football player who worked for ten years as a manager in Puerto Rico. [1]

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Playing career

Rojas earned his place in the history of Ramonense, when he scored the goal that lifted the team to Costa Rica's top tier in 1968. [2]

Managerial career

Rojas managed the Costa Rica National team from 1993 to 1995, [3] but was dismissed in January 1996 after failing at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup. [4] In January 1997 he was named manager of Carmelita after resigning from his post at second division Guanacasteca. [5]

In 2006, he announced he would retire in 2009 when his contract with Puerto Rico Islanders would run out. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Toribio Rojas y Henry Duarte Escala de dos legionarios en el país - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Feliz poema futbolero Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches - 1993-2003". RSSSF . 29 November 2003.
  4. ↑ ¡Cayó Toribio! - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Golpe de timón Toribio Rojas dirigirá a Carmelita; Garabet Avedissián asume en Turrialba - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Toribio con el reto de avanzar a Concacaf - Nación (in Spanish)
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