Suhander Zúñiga

Suhander Zúñiga
Personal information
Full name Suhander Manuel Zúñiga Cordero
Date of birth (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 AD Carmelita 102 (9)
2019 → Deportivo Saprissa (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2022 CS Herediano 53 (4)
2022 → A.D. Guanacasteca (loan) 21 (4)
2022– A.D. San Carlos 16 (1)
2022– → LD Alajuelense (loan) 24 (1)
International career‡
2017 Costa Rica U-20 1 (0)
2018 Costa Rica U-21 3 (0)
2021– Costa Rica 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 00:15 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 00:15 (UTC)

Suhander Manuel Zúñiga Cordero (born 15 January 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for LD Alajuelense of the Costa Rican First Division, on loan from A.D. San Carlos, and the Costa Rica national team.[1]

Career

He made his senior league debut for AD Carmelita on 15 August 2014 against the Limón F.C. at the Morera Soto Stadium.[2] In his debut season he made eighteen appearances. On 28 May 2015, he was awarded the Under-21 player of the season award.[3]

On 7 January 2019, Zúñiga joined Deportivo Saprissa on a year-long loan.[4] He scored his first goal for them on 24 July 2019 against Pérez Zeledón.[5]

On 28 December 2019, he signed for CS Herediano.[6] In June 2022, he signed for A.D. San Carlos.[7] In December 2022, he signed on loan for LD Alajuelense.[8]

International career

He was selected to represent Costa Rica U-20 at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[9]

He made his debut for the senior Costa Rica national football team in March 2021, against Bosnia.[10]

References

  1. ^ "S.Zuniga". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (August 15, 2014). "With double from Guatemalan Angelo Padilla Carmelita beats Limón". Everardo Herrera. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Elías Aguilar was chosen the Best Player and Oscar Ramírez the Best Coach of the season". Everardo Herrera. December 30, 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ Araya, José Fernando (January 7, 2019). ""Saprissa signs youth players Suhander Zúñiga and Jonathan Martínez"". Teletica.
  5. ^ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (25 July 2019). "Saprissa golea 3-0 a Pérez Zeledón con doblete de Manfred Ugalde". Everardo Herrera. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ^ Fonseca, Graciela (December 28, 2019). ""Herediano makes Suhander Zúñiga official as rojiamarillo"". CrHoy.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ^ Mendez, Daniel (5 December 2022). "Suhander Zúñiga goes on loan to Alajuelense". Telesancarlosradio.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Suhander Zúñiga makes efforts for Alajuelense and San Carlos to agree on his transfer". ESPN. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. ^ ""Marcelo defined the 21 for Korea"". Costa Rican Football Federation. April 28, 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ^ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (March 27, 2021). ""Costa Rica dominated but was left without a goal against Bosnia (0-0)"". Everardo Herrera.