Andy Furtado
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andy Furtado Dixon | ||
Date of birth | October 30, 1980 | ||
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 | 15 | (5) |
2009 | → Herediano (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2009 | Marathón | ||
2010 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
2011 | Comunicaciones | 9 | (1) |
2012 | Limón | 10 | (1) |
2012-2013 | Belén | 18 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Costa Rica | 9 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2009 |
Template:Spanish name 2 Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Belén.
Club career
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]
International career
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.
References
- ^ ¡Guipipía!, con el sudor y el honor de Santa Cruz - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Andy Furtado jugará en China - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Andy Furtado jugará con Herediano - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Costa Rica suspends Furtado for two years for doping[permanent dead link] - CONCACAF
- ^ Comunicaciones fichó a Furtado Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Andy Furtado viene al país para jugar con Limón FC - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Belén firmó a Furtado por un año - Nación Template:Es icon
- ^ Andy Furtado quedó fuera del Santos de Guápiles - Al Día Template:Es icon
- ^ Andy Furtado – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2007 - Details - RSSSF
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details - RSSSF
External links
- Andy Furtado at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Limón Province
- Association football forwards
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Santos de Guápiles footballers
- A.D. San Carlos footballers
- C.D. Marathón players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
- C.S.D. Comunicaciones players
- A.D. Belén players
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Honduras
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Guatemala
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras players
- Doping cases in association football
- 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Costa Rican football biography stubs