Alejandro Sequeira

Alejandro Sequeira
Personal information
Full nameGiovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano
Date of birth27 April 1975
Place of birthCosta Rica
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1997Saprissa
1997–1999Cobán Imperial
1999Tampa Bay Mutiny11(2)
1999San Jose Clash14(3)
2000Proodeftiki11(0)
2000-2001Saprissa
2002-2003Cobán Imperial
2003–2004Santa Bárbara
2004Saprissa17(2)
2005Águila
2005-2006Cartaginés5(0)
2006–2007Carmelita30(12)
2007–2008Brujas20(3)
2008–2009Ramonense48(21)
2010–2011Saprissa41(21)
2011Orión Desamparados0(0)
National team‡
1999–2009Costa Rica2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sequeira and the second or maternal family name is Solano.

Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano (born 27 April 1975) is a retired Costa Rican international footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Sequeira began his professional career in 1995 with Saprissa, and has played in Costa Rica for Santa Bárbara,[1] Cartaginés, Brujas and Carmelita, in Guatemala for Cobán Imperial,[2] in the United States for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[3] and the San Jose Clash,[4] in Greece for Proodeftiki[5] and in El Salvador for Águila.[6]

He returned to Saprissa in January 2010[7] and joined Orión Desamparados in May 2011[8] to finish his career there in July 2011.[9]

With Saprissa, he became the league's goalscorer of the 2010 Verano season.[10] He had already scored his 100th Costa Rica Primera Division goal a year before, when with Ramonense[11] and ended up with 130 goals.[12]

International career

Sequeira made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 1999 friendly match against Ecuador[13] and earned his second and final cap 10 years later with a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.[14]

Personal life

Sequeira is married to Mileska Marín and they have two sons, Alejandro and Sebastián.[15] In 2006, he overcame alcoholism after his wife threatened to divorce him.[16]

His brother Douglas Sequeira also played for the national team.

References

  1. ↑ Santa Bárbara con ansias de protagonista - Nación (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Sequeira goleador - Nación (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Alejandro se ambienta•Está feliz en el Tampa Bay Mutiny; el viernes jugará amistoso ante la Selección infantil de EE. UU. - Nación (Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Alejandro, trabaje mucho"•Raúl Díaz Arce, el máximo goleador de la MLS, aconseja a Alejandro Sequeira - Nación (Spanish)
  5. ↑ A conquistar Grecia•Alejandro Sequeira firmó por cuatro meses con el Proodeftiki - Nación (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Águila terminó de conformar su plantel para el Clausura 2005. Alejandro Sequeira y Gerson Vásquez son los últimos fichajes - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Hoy presentaron a Alejandro Sequeira en Saprissa - Nación (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Alejandro Sequeira llega a Orión - Nación (Spanish)
  9. ↑ “Seque” dijo adiós - Al Día (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional - UNAFUT
  11. ↑ Unafut oficializa listado 28 jugadores anotaron más de 100 goles - Nación (Spanish)
  12. ↑ Mambo ya es el tercer goleador - Nación (Spanish)
  13. ↑ Jugar sin complejos - Nación (Spanish)
  14. ↑ Alejandro Sequeira – FIFA competition record
  15. ↑ El cuestionario Alejandro Sequeira, Ramonense - Al Día (Spanish)
  16. ↑ Sequeira dio un giro a su infierno de alcoholismo e infidelidad, cuando estaba a punto de perderlo todo - Nación (Spanish)

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