Randall Brenes
 |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Randall Brenes Moya |
| Date of birth |
(1983-08-13) 13 August 1983 (age 28) |
| Place of birth |
Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Height |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Playing position |
Forward |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Khazar Lankaran |
| Number |
30 |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 2003-2005 |
Cartaginés |
30 |
(21) |
| 2005-2008 |
Bodø/Glimt |
54 |
(16) |
| 2008 |
→ Kongsvinger (loan) |
14 |
(7) |
| 2009 |
Kongsvinger |
29 |
(7) |
| 2010-2012 |
Cartaginés |
44 |
(22) |
| 2012- |
Khazar Lankaran |
4 |
(0) |
| National team‡ |
| 2005- |
Costa Rica |
16 |
(5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2011 |
Randall Brenes Moya (born 13 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional football forward who currently plays for Khazar Lankaran.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Nicknamed El Chiqui (Chiquito = Short or Small), due his height when he was at youth levels, he turned professional with Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway. Making an impressive rookie season scoring 21 goals in only 30 games.
[edit] Bodø/Glimt
He joined Bodø/Glimt[1] with his compatriot Roy Miller, who was also a teammate in Cartaginés, in 2005. At this point Bodø/Glimt was part of the Norwegian top division (Tippeligaen), but got relegated the same year. The team therefore played in Adeccoligaen in 2006 where Brenes was top scorer with 13 goals, 6 of them off headers. In 2007, the team gained promotion to Tippeligaen after winning at home and away against Odd Grenland from Tippeligaen. Bodø/Glimt had a big positive surprise the following season in Tippeligaen, ending on a fourth place.
[edit] Kongsvinger
Brenes was loaned at the middle of the season to Adeccoligaen team Kongsvinger to help them remain the at the division, his compatriot Roy Miller, in the meantime, was sold to Rosenborg of Trondheim. In 2009, Brenes signed a full-time contract and helped Kongsvinger win promotion to Tippeligaen. But after the season ended, Brenes came to an agreement with the club to terminate his contract, because he wanted to move home to Costa Rica with his family.[2]
[edit] Cartaginés
Randall Brenes back for the tournament in summer 2010 and winter tournament in the same year shared the scoring with Éver Alfaro and helping the team reach the semifinals. Brenes spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons with Cartaginés and winning two scoring titles, one in the tournament in 2010 winter and the other in the 2011 winter tournament and being the best player declared by the Primera División de Costa Rica in the winter 2011 and carrying to Cartaginés to fourth in the table, scoring in four minutes in the first half on the first semifinal but losing against the Herediano 3-1 on aggregate.
[edit] Khazar Lankaran
On February 09, 2012 Brenes signed a 2-year long contract with Khazar Lankaran.
[edit] International career
He made his debut for the Ticos in 2005 as a substitute against Cuba at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals, immediately making an impact by scoring 2 goals. Since then, has collected two more caps. In January 2011, he returned to play in the selection of Ricardo La Volpe in Panama 2011 Copa_Centroamericana, playing 5 games. On 26 March 2011, Randall Brenes played on the first game of the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica against China and be in the history scoring the second goal of Costa Rica. In June 2011, played in two 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches against Cuba and El Salvador scoring in stoppage time. In July, Brenes played two match against Colombia and Argentina in the 2011 Copa América.
[edit] International goals
- As of 9 June 2011
| # |
Date |
Venue |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
Competitions |
| 1 |
July 8, 2005 |
Qwest Field, Seattle, United States |
 Cuba |
1 – 0
|
3 – 1
|
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2 |
2 – 1
|
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 3 |
March 26, 2011 |
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica |
 China PR |
2 – 0
|
2 – 2
|
Friendly |
| 4 |
June 9, 2011 |
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States |
 El Salvador |
1 – 1
|
1 – 1
|
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 5 |
15 November, 2011 |
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica |
 Spain |
1 – 0
|
2 – 2
|
Friendly |
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Honors
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Brenes, Randall |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
|
| Date of birth |
13 August 1983 |
| Place of birth |
San José, Costa Rica |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
|
Cuba
China PR
El Salvador
Spain
