Franklin Chacón (footballer)

Franklin Chacón
Personal information
Full nameFranklin Chacón Orozco
Date of birth18 June 1985
Place of birthCosta Rica
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionForward, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Puntarenas
Number11
Youth career
Herediano
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008Herediano
2005Seattle Sounders (loan)12(0)
2006–2007Santacruceña (loan)
2008–2009Puntarenas (loan)
2009–2010Puntarenas30(2)
2010–2011Uruguay de Coronado
2011Puntarenas11(1)
2011–2013Carmelita41(5)
2014–Puntarenas21(2)
National team
Costa Rica U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chacón and the second or maternal family name is Orozco.

Franklin Chacón Orozco (born 18 June 1985) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Puntarenas.

Career

Chacón began his career in the youth ranks of Herediano before moving to the United States to join Seattle Sounders on a year-long loan. During his stint there, he made 12 appearances and recorded his only point of the year on June 4, 2005 in a 2-1 away win over Virginia Beach Mariners. Picking up an assist on the second goal of the match by Roger Levesque.[1][2] Seattle went on to win the 2005 USL First Division title.

In December 2008, he was out of contract and released by Herediano.[3]

Honours

Seattle Sounders

References

  1. - USL Soccer
  2. "2005 Seattle Sounders stats". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. Cinco jugadores fuera de Herediano - Nación (Spanish)