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Christian Bolaños

Christian Bolaños Navarro (born 17 May 1984) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who plays as a winger. Since his international debut in 2005, Bolaños has earned over 80 international caps and played at three FIFA World Cups.

Christian Bolaños
Personal information
Full nameChristian Bolaños Navarro[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 39)[2]
Place of birthHatillo de San José, Costa Rica
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s)Right winger
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2007Saprissa154(12)
2007–2008OB24(3)
2008–2010Start45(13)
2010–2014Copenhagen101(14)
2014Cartaginés12(0)
2015Al Gharafa11(4)
2015Saprissa13(5)
2016–2017Vancouver Whitecaps FC48(5)
2018–2020Saprissa98(34)
2020–2021Start12(2)
2021–2023Saprissa69(15)
International career‡
2001Costa Rica U174(0)
2005–2021Costa Rica87(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2021

His brother Jonathan is also a footballer.[4]

Club career

Deportivo Saprissa

With Saprissa Bolaños won various national championships as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. Bolaños participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, and was awarded by FIFA as the third best player of the tournament. Following this success he was invited to attend a ten-day trial with Liverpool, although he was not signed on a permanent basis.

On 9 August 2006, he signed a one-year loan deal with Premier League side Charlton Athletic. However, he failed to obtain a work permit having not played enough games for his country, and the deal fell through.[5]

OB

On 2 June 2007, he signed a three-year contract with the Danish side OB in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Struggling to make an impact on the strong Danish midfield, Bolaños was a target for other clubs.

Start

On 6 November 2008, he signed a contract with newly promoted Norwegian side Start starting 1 January 2009.

In IK Start's first test against a Tippeligaen side, Bolaños received rave reviews from the media after outplaying Norwegian international Trond Erik Bertelsen of Viking, who a few days earlier had controlled Bastian Schweinsteiger during Norway's win against Germany. Start coach Knut Tørum said after the game that he will be playing on the right wing during the 2009 season.[6] In his first official match for Start, Bolaños scored two goals against Strømsgodset.

FC Copenhagen

On 30 August 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the defending champions of Denmark, FC Copenhagen at a cost of 1 mill. euros, or 7,5 mio. DK kroner.

On 22 August 2012, Bolaños was linked with a £3 million move to English side Wolverhampton Wanderers, which could re-unite him with former Copenhagen manager Ståle Solbakken.[7][8]

Cartaginés

On 8 September 2014, he signed with Cartaginés,[9] only to leave them for Qatari side Al Gharafa after the winter championship.[10]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On 20 January 2016, he signed a multi-year contract with Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer for an undisclosed amount.[11]

Saprissa

Following two years with Vancouver, Bolaños returned to Saprissa again after his option was declined following the 2017 season.[12]

International career

He played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago.[13]

He made his debut for the senior national team in a May 2005 friendly match against Norway and has, as of November 2016, collected a total of 71 caps, scoring 6 goals.[14] He has represented his country in 25 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[13] and played at both the 2006 FIFA World Cup[13] and the 2014 FIFA World Cup[13] as well as at the 2005,[15] 2007[16] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[17]

In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[18] By entering as a substitute in the first matchday defeat against Serbia, Bolaños became the only Costa Rican to play at three different FIFA World Cups,[19] and overtook Michael Umaña as the Costa Rican with most matches played at the competition.[20]

Career statistics

Club

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Costa RicaLeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2001–02SaprissaPrimera División171--20191
2002–03211----211
2003–04162----162
2004–05331--101432
2005–06342--141483
2006–07335--10345
DenmarkLeagueDanish CupEuropeTotal
2007–08OBDanish Superliga2231040273
2008–09203050
NorwayLeagueNorwegian CupEuropeTotal
2009StartTippeligaen25721--278
201020650256
DenmarkLeagueDanish CupEuropeTotal
2010–11CopenhagenDanish Superliga2463080356
2011–1232340102465
2012–132321181324
2013–142233060313
Costa RicaLeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2014–15CartaginésPrimera División120----120
QatarQatar Stars LeagueCupAFC Champions LeagueTotal
2014–15Al-GharafaQatar Stars League114----114
Costa RicaLeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2015–16SaprissaPrimera División135--10145
USALeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2016Vancouver WhitecapsMLS27520--295
2017240--20260
Costa RicaLeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2017–18SaprissaLiga FPD100--20120
2018–194910--205110
2019–203923--1215124
NorwayLeagueCupEuropaTotal
2020StartEliteserien122----122
Costa RicaLeagueCupNorth AmericaTotal
2020-21SaprissaLiga FPD188--422210
2021-22361011644315
2022-231915122264
TotalCosta Rica3507962561141282
Denmark1251712139317621
Norway571571--6416
Qatar114----114
USA5152020555
Career total5941102749714718128

International

As of match played 13 October 2021[21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Costa Rica2005121
200660
200740
200810
200980
201020
201180
201241
201380
201470
201520
2016104
201780
201840
201920
202110
Total876

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 July 2005Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  Honduras1–32–32005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
216 October 2012Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Guyana5–07–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
36 September 2016  Panama1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
42–0
511 November 2016Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
615 November 2016Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  United States2–04–0

Honours

Saprissa

Copenhagen

Individual

References

External links

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