Francisco Fonseca

"José Fonseca" redirects here. For the Costa Rican player, see José Pablo Fonseca.

Francisco Fonseca

Personal information
Full name	José Francisco Fonseca Guzmán
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	UANL Tigres
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	La Piedad	50	(7)
2002–2004	UNAM Pumas	81	(24)
2005–2006	Cruz Azul	48	(25)
2006	Benfica	8	(3)
2007–	UANL Tigres	98	(14)
International career‡
2004–2008	Mexico	43	(21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 27, 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 8, 2007

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán (born October 2, 1979 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican football striker, who currently plays for UANL Tigres.

Biography

Career

Fonseca made his first division debut with La Piedad in the 2001 Invierno season. After two seasons with Piedad, in which he played mostly as a substitute, Fonseca moved to UNAM Pumas, where he emerged as a star. After impressive showing in the 2003 Apertura and Clausura, he cemented his place in the Pumas starting lineup in the 2004 Clausura, during which he helped lead UNAM to a championship. After helping Pumas to a second title in the 2004 Apertura season, he was transferred to Cruz Azul, having registered 25 goals in 81 appearances for Pumas. At the beginning of 2005, Fonseca moved to Cruz Azul in one of the biggest transfers in Mexican league history. In Cruz Azul, he also was an important player playing 60 and registering 2 goals, help Cruz Azul reach the quarterfinals.

S.L. Benfica

On July 27, 2006, Fonseca signed a four year contract with the Portuguese team S.L. Benfica. Although playing in only 8 league games and scoring 1 goal (he also played in 3 cup games scoring 2 goals) in Portugal, Benfica's fans liked Kikin's attitude and his charismatic personality. His first goal at S.L. Benfica was on December 21, 2006 when he headed in a pass from Nuno Gomes against Belenenses. Kikin scored another two goals in a match of the 4th round of the Taça de Portugal between Oliveira do Bairro SC and Benfica that ended 5-0.[1]

After a half season with Benfica, he was transferred to Mexico's UANL Tigres for the start of the Clausura 2007. Kikin hasn't regained the form that saw him reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup since it ended. Right now he isn't even in the starting eleven for the Tigres. For the 2007-2008 season he has appeared in 29 matches and has scored only 1 goal. [2]

International career

Fonseca was an emerging force at forward for the Mexican national team. On April 2, 2006, coach Ricardo Lavolpe selected him in the 23 man Mexican squad for the 2006 World Cup, in Germany. He scored his first goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Portugal and won the Man Of The Match Award given by FIFA in the defeat of Mexico versus Portugal. After being selected by Hugo Sánchez for the 2007 Gold Cup, Fonseca was dropped from the squad for the 2007 Copa America due to his low performances and being shown the yellow card two games in a row for un-called for fouls and complaints against refs. Despite an injury to star striker Jared Borgetti, Fonseca declined invitation to the 2007 Copa America. Even though he was Hugo's first choice, he took Luis Angel Landin instead, since this incident, he has not been called up to the national team since. On August 7, 2008, Fonseca was called up to join Ericksson's second list of players, after an almost 1 and a half drought of not playing with the national team.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	October 27, 2004	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Ecuador	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	October 27, 2004	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Ecuador	2–0	2–1	Friendly
3.	November 13, 2004	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	November 13, 2004	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	November 17, 2004	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	November 17, 2004	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6–0	8–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	February 23, 2005	Estadio Carlos González, Culiacán, Mexico	Colombia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
8.	June 16, 2005	AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany	Japan	2–1	2–1	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
9.	June 29, 2005	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Germany	1–1	3–4 (a.e.t.)	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
10.	August 17, 2005	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Costa Rica	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	September 7, 2005	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Panama	4–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	October 8, 2005	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Guatemala	2–1	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	October 8, 2005	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Guatemala	3–1	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	October 8, 2005	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Guatemala	4–2	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	October 8, 2005	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Guatemala	5–2	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.	December 14, 2005	Chase Field, Phoenix, United States	Hungary	1–0	2–0	Friendly
17.	January 25, 2006	Monster Park, San Francisco, United States	Norway	1–1	2–1	Friendly
18.	May 12, 2006	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	DR Congo	1–0	2–1	Friendly
19.	May 12, 2006	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	DR Congo	2–0	2–1	Friendly
20.	June 21, 2006	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Portugal	1–2	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup
21.	June 2, 2007	Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Iran	3–0	4–0	Friendly

External links

• kikin - My Web Always With Me

• Francisco Fonseca Official Website
• Kikin Fonseca's career timeline and detailed statistics