Alejandro Sequeira

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Alejandro Sequeira
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano
Date of birth (1975-04-27) 27 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth San Jose, Costa Rica
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Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Saprissa
1997–1999 Cobán Imperial
1999 Tampa Bay Mutiny 11 (2)
1999 San Jose Clash 14 (3)
2000 Proodeftiki 11 (0)
2000-2001 Saprissa
2002-2003 Cobán Imperial
2003–2004 Santa Bárbara
2004 Saprissa 17 (2)
2005 Águila
2005-2006 Cartaginés 5 (0)
2006–2007 Carmelita 30 (12)
2007–2008 Brujas 20 (3)
2008–2009 Ramonense 48 (21)
2010–2011 Saprissa 41 (21)
2011 Orión Desamparados 0 (0)
International career‡
1999–2009 Costa Rica 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sequeira and the second or maternal family name is Solano.

Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano (born 27 April 1975) is a Costa Rican retired international footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Sequeira began his professional career in 1995 with Saprissa, and has played in Costa Rica for Santa Bárbara,[1] Cartaginés, Brujas and Carmelita, in Guatemala for Cobán Imperial,[2] in the United States for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[3] and the San Jose Clash,[4] in Greece for Proodeftiki[5] and in El Salvador for Águila.[6]

He returned to Saprissa in January 2010[7] and joined Orión Desamparados in May 2011[8] to finish his career there in July 2011.[9]

With Saprissa, he became the league's goalscorer of the 2010 Verano season.[10] He had already scored his 100th Costa Rica Primera Division goal a year before, when with Ramonense[11] and ended up with 130 goals.[12]

International career

Sequeira made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 1999 friendly match against Ecuador[13] and earned his second and final cap 10 years later with a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.[14]

Personal life

Sequeira is married to Mileska Marín and they have two sons, Alejandro and Sebastián.[15] In 2006, he overcame alcoholism after his wife threatened to divorce him.[16]

His brother Douglas Sequeira also played for the national team.

References

  1. ↑ Santa Bárbara con ansias de protagonista - Nación (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Sequeira goleador - Nación (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Alejandro se ambienta•Está feliz en el Tampa Bay Mutiny; el viernes jugará amistoso ante la Selección infantil de EE. UU. - Nación (Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Alejandro, trabaje mucho"•Raúl Díaz Arce, el máximo goleador de la MLS, aconseja a Alejandro Sequeira - Nación (Spanish)
  5. ↑ A conquistar Grecia•Alejandro Sequeira firmó por cuatro meses con el Proodeftiki - Nación (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Águila terminó de conformar su plantel para el Clausura 2005. Alejandro Sequeira y Gerson Vásquez son los últimos fichajes - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Hoy presentaron a Alejandro Sequeira en Saprissa - Nación (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Alejandro Sequeira llega a Orión - Nación (Spanish)
  9. ↑ “Seque” dijo adiós - Al Día (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional - UNAFUT
  11. ↑ Unafut oficializa listado 28 jugadores anotaron más de 100 goles - Nación (Spanish)
  12. ↑ Mambo ya es el tercer goleador - Nación (Spanish)
  13. ↑ Jugar sin complejos - Nación (Spanish)
  14. ↑ Alejandro Sequeira – FIFA competition record
  15. ↑ El cuestionario Alejandro Sequeira, Ramonense - Al Día (Spanish)
  16. ↑ Sequeira dio un giro a su infierno de alcoholismo e infidelidad, cuando estaba a punto de perderlo todo - Nación (Spanish)

External links

  • Alejandro Sequeira at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • (Spanish) Nacion profile
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