Paulo Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope
Personnel
Surname	Paulo César Wanchope Watson
birthday	July 31, 1976
place of birth	Heredia ,  Costa Rica
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	CS Herediano
1996-1999	Derby County	72 (23)
1999-2000	West Ham United	35 (12)
2000-2004	Manchester City	64 (27)
2004-2005	Málaga CF	25 0(5)
2005	Al-Gharafa	6 0(1)
2006	CS Herediano	10 0(3)
2006	Rosario Central	14 0(5)
2007	Tokyo FC	12 0(2)
2007	Chicago Fire	12 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1996-2008	Costa Rica	73 (45)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2008-2009	CS Herediano
2010-2011	CS Uruguay de Coronado
2011-2014	Costa Rica (assistant coach)
2014-2015	Costa Rica
2014-2015	Costa Rica U-21
1 Only league games are given.

Paulo César Wanchope Watson (born July 31, 1976 in Heredia ) is a Costa Rican soccer coach and former player . At the 2014 World Cup , he coached the Costa Rican national team on an interim basis . He is also an English citizen .

society

Wanchope began his career with CS Herediano in Costa Rica. In 1997 he moved to England for Derby County , where he scored 28 goals in 79 games, in 1999 he was finally signed by West Ham United . Although he scored 15 goals in 46 games in his first season, he was subsequently transferred to Manchester City . He had a regular place at City and rose with the club in 2002 in the FA Premier League . In 2004, Wanchope was sold to Malaga FC in Spain for £ 500,000 . There he stayed for one season in which he scored the goal of the year in Spain, before moving to the Qatar Stars League at Al-Gharafa changed. Due to Costa Rica's participation in the World Cup, he moved back to Herediano in his home country in January 2006 in order to better prepare for the upcoming tournament with the national team. After the World Cup, he moved to Argentina to Rosario Central . On December 29, 2006, he announced his move to the Japanese J-League for FC Tokyo . On November 16, 2007, Paulo Wanchope ended his active career due to knee problems. Most recently he was under contract with Chicago Fire .

National team

Wanchope played a central role in the Costa Rican national soccer team . The striker scored 45 goals in 71 games . With his 43rd goal in the 3-0 World Cup qualifier against the USA on October 8, 2005, he was the record scorer of the Costa Rican national team. His greatest successes with the national team were participation in the 2002 World Cup and second place in the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup . He was also an important player in his team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and scored both goals for Costa Rica in the opening game against host Germany in Munich . He had already scored another World Cup goal at the 2002 World Cup in a 5-2 draw against eventual world champions Brazil.

From September 2011 to 2014 he was the assistant coach of the Costa Rican national soccer team. He then became national coach and also led the team during the 2014 World Cup .

Web links

• List of all international matches and goals for Wanchopes on rsssf.com