Harold Wallace
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harold Wallace McDonald | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Rightback, Central midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | Saprissa | 15 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Belén | 14 | (0) |
1995 | Zacatepec | 6 | (0) |
1995–2002 | Alajuelense | 268 | (15) |
2002–2003 | → San Luis (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2003–2008 | Alajuelense | 156 | (8) |
2008–2010 | Liberia Mía | 51 | (3) |
Total | 539 | (29) | |
International career‡ | |||
1995–2009 | Costa Rica | 101 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2014- | Costa Rica U-20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 julio 2009 |
Template:Spanish name 2 Harold Wallace McDonald (born September 7, 1975)[1] is a retired professional Costa Rican footballer.
Club career
He started his career with Deportivo Saprissa, being part of their minor league system. After a season with Saprissa and then Belén, he was transferred alongside compatriot Jewisson Bennett to Zacatepec,[2] of Mexico's professional football league. He then came back and signed with Saprissa's arch-rivals Alajuelense, earning a place in the starting line-up really quick and remained with the team for 7 years. From 2002, he spent a year on loan playing for San Luis in the Mexican Primera División [3] before making a second return to Alajuelense.[4] He later withdraw a lawsuit against his club, after claiming part of the transfer fee paid by San Luis to Alajuelense.[5] He would end up playing a total of 424 league games and 80 international games for Liga.[6]
In summer 2008 Wallace joined other high-profile players at ambitious Liberia Mía[7] and he retired in summer 2010 after playing his final two seasons at the then renamed Águilas Guanacastecas.[8]
International career
Wallace was a member of Costa Rica's youth national teams, playing in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship finals in the Qatar.[9]
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a September 1995 friendly match against Jamaica[10] and earned a total of 101 caps, scoring 3 goals.[11] He represented his country in 28 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[9] and played in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.[12] He also played at two Copa América tournaments, four CONCACAF Gold Cups and three UNCAF Nations Cups.
His final international was an August 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras, after reaching a century of caps in his previous game against Mexico.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 February 2000 | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States | Canada | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
2. | 4 February 2007 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly match |
3. | 16 February 2007 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | El Salvador | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup |
Managerial career
In July 2014, Wallace and Pablo Sanz took the reigns of the Costa Rica national under-20 football team after coach Rónald "Macho" Mora was sacked.[13]
References
- ^ Datos de Harold Harold Wallace Mc Donald - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Elías Aguilar ve con ilusión ser del club Zacatepec - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Tico Harold Wallace jugará en el futbol mexicano - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Aguilar, Alejandro (21 May 2006). "Hárold se llenó de fe" (in Spanish). Diario al Dia.
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- ^ Los caudillos de la alineación rojinegra - UNAFUT Template:Es
- ^ Liberia atrae a “grandes” - Al Día Template:Es
- ^ Wallace aún no da el paso al banquillo - Nación Template:Es
- ^ a b Harold Wallace – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b Wallace llegará a 100 juegos - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Harold Wallace - Century of International Appearances - RSSSF
- ^ "Semblanzas: Hárold Wallace MacDonald" (in Spanish). Diario al Dia. 21 May 2006.
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External links
- Harold Wallace – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Harold Wallace at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Heredia Province
- Association football defenders
- Costa Rican people of African descent
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- A.D. Belén players
- Zacatepec footballers
- L.D. Alajuelense footballers
- San Luis F.C. players
- Municipal Liberia footballers
- FIFA Century Club
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico