César_Elizondo
César Elizondo
Costa Rican footballer (born 1988)
César Gerardo Elizondo Quezada (born 10 February 1988) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Pérez Zeledón.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | César Gerardo Elizondo Quezada[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-02-10) 10 February 1988 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pérez Zeledón | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2013 | Saprissa | 53 | (7) |
| 2010 | → Bayamón (loan) | ||
| 2010–2011 | → Pérez Zeledón (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2013 | Buriram United | (2) | |
| 2013–2014 | Carolina RailHawks | 29 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | San Antonio Scorpions | 36 | (8) |
| 2016 | Pérez Zeledón | 18 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | San Antonio FC | 47 | (8) |
| 2019– | Pérez Zeledón | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Costa Rica U-20 | ||
| 2011 | Costa Rica | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2019 | |||
His debut with Deportivo Saprissa in 2005 with 17 years old after the U-17 World Cup in Peru, then in 2007 played the U-20 World Cup in Canada the same year he signed his professional contract for Deportivo Saprissa where he achieved 3 national titles and a second place in CONCACAF Champions League.
For one season also played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón in 2009, in December 2012 left Saprissa and went to Thai Premier League Champions Buriram United where he won a Toyota Cup Championship.[3]
In 2013 he came to the NASL where he made his debut for Carolina RailHawks.[4] After a year in North Carolina, Elizondo moved to the Alamo City with San Antonio Scorpions. He scored 5 goals as San Antonio won the Fall Season Title and the NASL 2014 Championship. In the 2015 season he scored 3 goals. At the end of the 2015 season the franchise ceased operations.
He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru where he scored the winning second round qualifying goal for his country and was named in the top 10 players of the World Cup Elizondo also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[5]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 10 caps.
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- "SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD CESAR ELIZONDO". sanantoniofc.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- PRIMICIA: César Elizondo deja el Saprissa y se va para Tailandia Archived 13 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine - Mario Segura (in Spanish)
- César Elizondo tuvo su debut con el Carolina Railhawks Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Everardo Herrera (in Spanish)
- César Elizondo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- César Elizondo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Railhawks