César Elizondo

César Gerardo Elizondo Quezada (born 10 February 1988) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Pérez Zeledón.[2]

César Elizondo
Personal information
Full nameCésar Gerardo Elizondo Quezada[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-10) 10 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthPérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s)Striker
Team information
Current team
Pérez Zeledón
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2013Saprissa53(7)
2010Bayamón (loan)
2010–2011Pérez Zeledón (loan)22(5)
2013Buriram United(2)
2013–2014Carolina RailHawks29(4)
2014–2015San Antonio Scorpions36(8)
2016Pérez Zeledón18(4)
2016–2018San Antonio FC47(8)
2019–Pérez Zeledón3(1)
International career
2005–2007Costa Rica U-20
2011Costa Rica10(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2019

Club career

His debut with Deportivo Saprissa in 2005 with 17 years old after the U-17 World Cup in Peru, then in 2007 played the U-20 World Cup in Canada the same year he signed his professional contract for Deportivo Saprissa where he achieved 3 national titles and a second place in CONCACAF Champions League.

For one season also played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón in 2009, in December 2012 left Saprissa and went to Thai Premier League Champions Buriram United where he won a Toyota Cup Championship.[3]

In 2013 he came to the NASL where he made his debut for Carolina RailHawks.[4] After a year in North Carolina, Elizondo moved to the Alamo City with San Antonio Scorpions. He scored 5 goals as San Antonio won the Fall Season Title and the NASL 2014 Championship. In the 2015 season he scored 3 goals. At the end of the 2015 season the franchise ceased operations.

International career

He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru where he scored the winning second round qualifying goal for his country and was named in the top 10 players of the World Cup Elizondo also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[5]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 10 caps.

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