Froylán Ledezma
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| Froylan Ledezma | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Froylan Ledezma Stevens | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | La Uruca, San Jose, Costa Rica | |
| Height | 181cm | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  FC Augsburg |
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| Number | 8 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995-97 1997-01 2001 2002-2003 2003 2003-2006 2006 2006-2007 2007- |
LD Alajuelense Ajax Amsterdam Cerro Porteño The Strongest Deportivo Saprissa LD Alajuelense Akratitos SCR Altach FC Augsburg |
70 (35) 1 8 (27) 13 (3) 24 (5) 17 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999- | Costa Rica | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Froylán Ledezma Stevens, sometimes spelled Froilán.(born January 2, 1978 in San José) is a Costa Rican international soccer striker. Also known as "El Cachorro" that translated would mean "The Puppy", received this nickname because he started the boom with only 17 years-old.
He debuted in the Costa Rican league at the age of 16 with LD Alajuelense. In the 1995/96 season he scored 14 goals and played 41, and followed up the next season with 21 goals in 27 matches. He was scouted by Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam and after that, invited for a trial by their big rivals Feyenoord. But Ajax signed him in 1997 for around 4,5 million euros in spectacular fashion after 'kidnapping' him from Amsterdam Airport under Feyenoord's nose. However, the promising youngster became no success in Dutch football, only playing twice for Ajax. He was suspended by Ajax after his first season until his contract ended (almost three years later.) Signed for Cerro Porteño but after a poor disciplinary record he was released. Then played in Bolivia with The Strongest, he soon became an important piece of the starting line-up, playing the Copa Libertadores but he got into a fight during a practice with one of his teammates and was released again. Signed for Saprissa but lasted only less than a half of a season because of his lack of production. Afterwards he returned to LD Alajuelense and became league champion in 2004/05 and CONCACAF's champion in 2005. He started up the 2005-06 season with LD Alajuelense but was loan to Greek team Akratitos for a period of 6 months (1/1/2006-30/6/2006), then he was bought by Austrian club SC Rheindorf Altach. He had an acceptable campaign and by the end of the season he was sold again to FC Augsburg.
With his national team he played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia, and won the UNCAF Nations Cup with Costa Rica in 1999. He was also part of the team at the beginning of the road to the World Cup in 2002, held in Germany.
[edit] External links
- Profile & Statistics at Guardian's Stats Centre
