Waylon Francis

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Waylon Francis
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Waylon Francis (2017)
Personnel
Surname Waylon Dwayne Francis Box
birthday 20th September 1990
place of birth Puerto Limon , Costa Rica
size 177 centimeters
position Goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
CD Saprissa
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011 Brujas FC 9 (0)
2011 Limón Fútbol Club 18 (0)
2011-2013 CS Herediano 91 (2)
2013-2017 Columbus crew 93 (0)
2017-2019 Seattle Sounders 16 (0)
2019– Columbus crew 18 (0)
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National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011 Costa Rica (U23) 2 (0)
2013– Costa Rica 7 (0)
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1 Only league games are given.
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Waylon Francis (born September 20, 1990 in Puerto Limón ) is a Costa Rican football player who is used as a defender . He is currently under contract with Columbus Crew .

Career

Club career

In his youth he was active with CD Saprissa in the Costa Rican province of San José . From there he went to Brujas FC for the 2010/11 season . He got his first appearance on January 13, 2011 in a 0-2 away win at CD Barrio México , in which he was on the field from the start, but was replaced at halftime by Elmer Umaña .

For the Invierno 2011 he went to Limón FC again . At the beginning of 2012 it went on to CS Herediano . With this club he then won the championship title in Verano 2012 and Verano 2013 .

In early 2014 he left his home country and joined the Columbus Crew from Ohio in the USA . In the MLS 2014 season he received his first appearance on the first day of the match in a 3-0 away win at DC United . Here he was active until the end of the 2017 season . In the summer of 2015 he won as part of the team in the MLS All-Star Game 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur .

After this station he moved on to the Seattle Sounders . But where he was only active in the 2018 season . Then he returned to the Columbus crew .

National team career

His first appearance in the national team of Costa Rica was on January 21, 2013 with a 2-0 victory over Nicaragua during the group stage in the Copa Centroamericana 2013 , in which game he was on the field for the full 90 minutes. In the end, his team managed to win the title. At the 2014 World Cup , he was in the squad, but was not used. After that, he was only used in friendly matches so far.

Web links

Commons : Waylon Francis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. CD Barrio México - Brujas FC, January 13, 2011 - Primera División Clausura - match report. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
  2. DC United - Columbus Crew SC, 3/9/2014 - Major League Soccer - match report. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
  3. Costa Rica - Nicaragua, January 21, 2013 - Copa Centroamericana 2013 - match report. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .