Alejandro Sequeira

Alejandro Sequeira
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano
Date of birth (1975-04-27) 27 April 1975 (age 49)
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)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sequeira and the second or maternal family name is Solano.

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

  1. ^ Santa Bárbara con ansias de protagonista Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Sequeira goleador Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Alejandro se ambienta•Está feliz en el Tampa Bay Mutiny; el viernes jugará amistoso ante la Selección infantil de EE. UU. Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Alejandro, trabaje mucho"•Raúl Díaz Arce, el máximo goleador de la MLS, aconseja a Alejandro Sequeira Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ^ A conquistar Grecia•Alejandro Sequeira firmó por cuatro meses con el Proodeftiki Nación (in 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 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Hoy presentaron a Alejandro Sequeira en Saprissa Nación (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Alejandro Sequeira llega a Orión Nación (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Seque" dijo adiós Al Día (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT
  11. ^ Unafut oficializa listado 28 jugadores anotaron más de 100 goles Nación (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Mambo ya es el tercer goleador Nación (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Jugar sin complejos Nación (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Alejandro Sequeira – FIFA competition record (archived)
  15. ^ El cuestionario Alejandro Sequeira, Ramonense Al Día (in Spanish)
  16. ^ Sequeira dio un giro a su infierno de alcoholismo e infidelidad, cuando estaba a punto de perderlo todo Nación (in Spanish)