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Costa Rica World Cup 2006

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	Country – Costa Rica
	Capital City – San Jose
	Continent – Central America
	Manager – Alexandre Guimaraes
	Captain – Jafet Soto – Superb right foot and years of experience
	Star Man - Paulo Wanchope

How did they qualify – Seriously struggled until manager Guimaraes was reappointed in the hope he could turn the squad around and lead them to the glory of the 1990 ‘Tico’ side who reached the last 16 in Italy. There is no doubt that the teams biggest strength is their managers sound tactics and the discipline in the squad to carry them out, their weakness lies in a defence that needs to tighten up to with hold some of the striking forces they will come across in Germany 2006 world cup.

See the Costa Rica National Football squad pictured above.

Team History
First International:	Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921)
Largest win:	Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946)
Worst defeat:	Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975) Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; October 23, 1975)
World Cup Appearances:	3 (First in 1990) Best result Round 2, 1990
CONCACAF Gold Cup Appearances:	7 (First in 1991) Best result Second place, 2002
World Cup Record:	1930 to 1934 - Did not enter 1938 - Withdrew 1950 to 1954 - Did not enter 1958 to 1986 - Did not qualify 1990 - Round 2 1994 - Did not qualify 1998 - Did not qualify 2002 - Round 1 2006 - Qualified
Selected Current Players:	Cristian Bolanos, Steven Bryce, Walter Centeno, Ronald Gomez, Leonardo Gonzalez, Andy Herron, Jose Luis Lopez Ramírez, Luis Marín, Carlos Hernandez, Gilberto Martínez, Alvaro Mesen, Jose Francisco Porras, Winston Parks, Alvaro Saborío, Alonso Solís, Mauricio Solís, Jafet Soto, Michael Umana, Paulo Wanchope, Mauricio Wright