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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fonseca and the second or maternal family name is Bravo.
Danny Fonseca
Personal information
Full name Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo
Date of birth (1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Cartago, Costa Rica
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
Municipal Paraíso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Cartaginés 273 (35)
2006–2009 Brujas 116 (9)
2010–2018 Cartaginés 264 (14)
Total 653 (58)
International career
2003–2008 Costa Rica 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2017

Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo (born 7 November 1979) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Costa Rican club Cartaginés.

Club career

A native of Cartago, Fonseca played the majority of his career at local side Cartaginés. In February 2013 he tied club legend Leonel Hernández for most league games played for the club, with 360.[1] He also had a few seasons at Brujas, but returned to Cartaginés in May 2010.[2]

In October 2013, Fonseca reached 500 league games in the Costa Rican Primera División, the 14th player in the league history to do so.[3]

International career

Fonseca played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria.[4]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and collected a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and was selected as a member of the Costa Rica squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.[4] He was the first player to be booked in the FIFA World Cup 2006 during his country's 4-2 defeat to Germany. Also he played at the 2003[5] and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[6] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7] He was a non-playing squad member at the 2004 Copa América.[8]

His final international was a January 2008 friendly match 1994 against Iran.

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
N. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 November 2005 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique  France 2–0 2–3 Friendly match
2. 1 March 2006 Azadi Stadium, Teheran, Iran  Iran 2–3 2–3 Friendly match

References

  1. ^ Danny Fonseca empatará récord de Leonel Hernández - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Danny Fonseca vuelve al Cartaginés Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Danny Fonseca entra al club de los 500 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b c Danny Fonseca – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite - RSSSF
  6. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
  7. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ^ Copa América 2004 Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF


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