Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano | ||
Date of birth | 27 April 1975 | ||
Place of birth | San Jose, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Saprissa | ||
1997–1999 | Cobán Imperial | ||
1999 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 11 | (2) |
1999 | San Jose Clash | 14 | (3) |
2000 | Proodeftiki | 11 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Saprissa | ||
2002–2003 | Cobán Imperial | ||
2003–2004 | Santa Bárbara | ||
2004 | Saprissa | 17 | (2) |
2005 | Águila | ||
2005–2006 | Cartaginés | 5 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Carmelita | 30 | (12) |
2007–2008 | Brujas | 20 | (3) |
2008–2009 | Ramonense | 48 | (21) |
2010–2011 | Saprissa | 41 | (21) |
2011 | Orión Desamparados | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1999–2009 | Costa Rica | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC) |
Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano (born 27 April 1975) is a Costa Rican retired 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 División 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
- ^ Santa Bárbara con ansias de protagonista Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Sequeira goleador Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Alejandro se ambienta•Está feliz en el Tampa Bay Mutiny; el viernes jugará amistoso ante la Selección infantil de EE. UU. Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ "Alejandro, trabaje mucho"•Raúl Díaz Arce, el máximo goleador de la MLS, aconseja a Alejandro Sequeira Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ A conquistar Grecia•Alejandro Sequeira firmó por cuatro meses con el Proodeftiki Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Águila terminó de conformar su plantel para el Clausura 2005. Alejandro Sequeira y Gerson Vásquez son los últimos fichajes El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
- ^ Hoy presentaron a Alejandro Sequeira en Saprissa Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Alejandro Sequeira llega a Orión Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ "Seque" dijo adiós Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT
- ^ Unafut oficializa listado 28 jugadores anotaron más de 100 goles Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Mambo ya es el tercer goleador Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Jugar sin complejos Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Alejandro Sequeira – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ El cuestionario Alejandro Sequeira, Ramonense Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Sequeira dio un giro a su infierno de alcoholismo e infidelidad, cuando estaba a punto de perderlo todo Nación (in Spanish)
External links
- Alejandro Sequeira at National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Spanish) Nacion profile
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's international footballers
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players
- Tampa Bay Mutiny players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Proodeftiki F.C. players
- C.D. Águila footballers
- C.S. Cartaginés players
- A.D. Carmelita footballers
- Brujas F.C. players
- A.D. Ramonense players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
- Major League Soccer players
- Footballers from San José, Costa Rica