Hermidio Barrantes

Hermidio Barrantes
Personal information
Full nameHermidio Barrantes Cascante
Date of birth2 September 1964
Place of birthPuntarenas, Costa Rica
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1983-1991Puntarenas
1992-1994Herediano
1994-1998Cartaginés
1998-1999Santa Bárbara
1999-2000Saprissa
2000-2002Limonense
Total396
National team‡
1989–2000Costa Rica38(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2014
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barrantes and the second or maternal family name is Cascante.

Hermidio Barrantes Cascante (born 2 September 1964 in Puntarenas[1]) is a retired Costa Rican football goalkeeper.

Club career

He made his senior debut for Puntarenas on 20 November 1983 against Ramonense[2] and also played for Herediano, Cartaginés and Santa Bárbara[3] before joining Deportivo Saprissa as their second goalkeeper behind José Francisco Porras, after an injury ruled out regular starting goalie Erick Lonnis.[4] He finished his career at Limonense and played 396 matches in the Costa Rica Premier Division.[5]

International career

Barrantes made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 1989 friendly match against Poland[6] and has earned a total of 38 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and was part of the national team that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy and featured in the final of the squad's four games played. He was understudy to Luis Conejo in the three group games, but Conejo's injury allowed Barrantes to step in against Czechoslovakia. He was blamed by some fans for Costa Rica's heavy defeat and received death threats on his return home.[8]

He also played at the 1991 and 1997 UNCAF Nations Cups[9] as well as at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup[10] and the 1997 Copa América.[11]

He played his final international on February 20, 2000 against Trinidad & Tobago.

Personal life

Barrantes is married to Ana Cristina Baltodano and the couple have three sons: Hermidio, Diego Andrés and Carlos Daniel. They live in Desamparados. After retiring he worked for the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE ) in the Department of Business Services.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Figuras del ayer: Hermidio Barrantes". UNAFUT. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hermidio a plena luz (incl. Bio) - Al Día (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Hermidio sigue en pie de lucha - Nación (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Hermidio es morado - Nación (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Legendarios de la portería - UNAFUT
  6. ↑ Hermidio no se deprime - Nación (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Hermidio Barrantes – FIFA competition record
  8. ↑ Espejos marcaron la memoria de los mundialistas de Italia 90 - Nación (Spanish)
  9. ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
  10. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF
  11. ↑ Copa América 1997 - RSSSF

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