Erick Lonnis

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Lonnis and the second or maternal family name is Bolaños.

Erick Lonnis Bolaños (born 9 September 1965 in San José^[1]) is a former Costa Rican football goalkeeper during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Club career

He played almost his entire career with Deportivo Saprissa, where he reached local stardom, becoming one of the most emblematic figures for the fans, either as Saprissa's or Costa Rica's national squad goalkeeper. He was the captain for Saprissa during several seasons, where he won four national championships, as well as two CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1993 and 1995.

International career

Lonnis holds the record for the goalkeeper with the most appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, with 77 appearances between 1992 and 2002.^[1] Lonnis was the captain of Costa Rica's team that played the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Korea and Japan,^[2] where he reaffirmed the leadership and excellent reflexes that characterized him through all his career.

After retiring in 2003, Lonnis became the assistant of Costa Rica's national squad, due to his vast experience as a player and his leadership. Plays now as a midfielder for the Swiss Dream Team in Costa Rica.^[3] On May 7 officially turned down Carmelita's offer to be their head coach.

Criminal Allegations

Lonnis is actively been investigated of theft of electrical equipment from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) that mysteriously appeared installed in a property he is developing in San Pedro de Poas, in Alajuela Costa Rica. The prosecutor's office of Alajuela searched said property and found installed the electrical equipment that was stolen form ICE. The case is still open and he is under investigation. Parallel to this actions it seems Mr. Lonnis has defaulted on several contractual obligations and is being sued for civil non-fulfillment of contract.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Figuras del Ayer: Érick Lonnis". UNAFUT. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
↑ Erick Lonnis – FIFA competition record
↑ Don Ursulo's Fussball Team Schweiz Matchbericht 3

Erick Lonnis international tournaments

v t e Costa Rica squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place (shared)

1 Lonnis 2 Parks 3 Marín 4 Mata 5 Solano 6 Delgado 7 M. Myers 8 Morera 9 R. Myers 10 Cayasso 11 Castro 12 Murillo 13 Rojas 14 Guthrie 15 Salazar 17 Peynado 18 Gómez 19 Rodriguez 20 Patterson Coach: MacDonald

v t e Costa Rica squad – 1997 Copa América

1 Lonnis 2 Wallace 3 Marín 4 González 5 Guillén 6 López 7 Oviedo 8 Solís 9 Myers 10 Fonseca 11 Soto 12 R. González 13 Delgado 14 Alfaro 15 Centeno 16 Gómez 17 Medford 18 Berry 19 Wright 20 Jara 21 Barrantes Coach: Cordero

v t e Costa Rica squad – 2001 Copa América

1 Lonnis 2 Drummond 3 Marín 4 González Brenes 5 Martínez 6 López 7 Fonseca 8 Solís 9 Wanchope 10 Centeno 11 Gómez 12 Arias 14 Berry 15 Wallace 16 Bryce 17 Medford 18 Morgan 19 Cordero 20 Sunsing 21 Parks 22 Castro 23 González Fonseca Coach: Guimarães

v t e Costa Rica squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Lonnis (c) 2 Drummond 3 Marín 4 Wright 5 Martínez 6 López 7 Fonseca 8 Solís 9 Wanchope 10 Centeno 11 Gómez 12 Parks 13 Vallejos 14 Rodríguez 15 Wallace 16 Bryce 17 Medford 18 Mesén 19 Cordero 20 Sunsing 21 Chinchilla 22 Castro 23 Morgan Coach: Guimarães

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Name	Lonnis, Erick
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Short description	Costa Rican footballer
Date of birth	1965-09-09
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