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Andy Furtado
Costa Rican footballer (born 1980)
Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Belén.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andy Furtado Dixon | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-10-30) October 30, 1980 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Limón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Belén | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Santos de Guápiles | ||
| 2004–2005 | Fusión Tibás | ||
| 2005–2007 | San Carlos | 50 | (18) |
| 2008 | Marathón | 19 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Herediano (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2009 | Marathón | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 2011 | Comunicaciones | 9 | (1) |
| 2012 | Limón | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Belén | 18 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Costa Rica | 9 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2009 | |||
He lost the Second Division championship final in May 2005 with Fusión Tibás.[1] In August 2008 Furtado signed a 4-month contract with Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.[2]
He played in the CONCACAF's Champions League 2008-09, with Marathón of Honduras. In January 2009 he moved to Herediano on loan.[3] After returning to Marathón, Furtado was banned from football by the Costa Rica football federation in September 2009, after being tested positive for betamethasone.[4] In May 2011 he resumed playing when he was snapped up by Guatemalan outfit Comunicaciones.[5]
In January 2012, he returned to Costa Rica to play for Limón[6] and in Summer 2012, he joined Belén.[7] In summer 2013 he left Belén but was denied by Santos due to physical problems.[8]
Furtado made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 2007 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 5 goals. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[9] and played at the 2007[10] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup, where he scored the 2 winning goals over Panama on the 6' and 15' minute, which made Costa Rica win 3-0.[11]
His final international was an April 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.
- ¡Guipipía!, con el sudor y el honor de Santa Cruz Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
- Andy Furtado jugará en China - Nación (in Spanish)
- Andy Furtado jugará con Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
- Comunicaciones fichó a Furtado Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
- Andy Furtado viene al país para jugar con Limón FC - Nación (in Spanish)
- Belén firmó a Furtado por un año - Nación (in Spanish)
- Andy Furtado quedó fuera del Santos de Guápiles - Al Día (in Spanish)
- Andy Furtado – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Andy Furtado at National-Football-Teams.com
- Andy Furtado at Soccerway
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