Andy Furtado | |
Fullname: | Andy Furtado Dixon |
Birth Date: | 30 October 1980 |
Height: | 1.9m (06.2feet) |
Birth Place: | Limón, Costa Rica |
Currentclub: | Belén |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2000–2004 |
Years2: | 2004–2005 |
Years3: | 2005–2007 |
Years4: | 2008 |
Years5: | 2009 |
Years6: | 2009 |
Years7: | 2010 |
Years8: | 2011 |
Years9: | 2012 |
Years10: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs1: | Santos de Guápiles |
Clubs2: | Fusión Tibás |
Clubs3: | San Carlos |
Caps3: | 50 |
Goals3: | 18 |
Clubs4: | Marathón |
Caps4: | 19 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Clubs5: | → Herediano (loan) |
Caps5: | 13 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Clubs6: | Marathón |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Caps8: | 9 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Clubs9: | Limón |
Caps9: | 10 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Clubs10: | Belén |
Caps10: | 18 |
Goals10: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2007–2009 |
Nationalteam1: | Costa Rica |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Ntupdate: | 17 October 2009 |
Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Belén.
He lost the Second Division championship final in May 2005 with Fusión Tibás.[1] In August 2008 Furtado signed a 4-month contract with Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.[2]
He played in the CONCACAF's Champions League 2008-09, with Marathón of Honduras. In January 2009 he moved to Herediano on loan.[3] After returning to Marathón, Furtado was banned from football by the Costa Rica football federation in September 2009, after being tested positive for betamethasone.[4] In May 2011 he resumed playing when he was snapped up by Guatemalan outfit Comunicaciones.[5]
In January 2012, he returned to Costa Rica to play for Limón[6] and in Summer 2012, he joined Belén.[7] In summer 2013 he left Belén but was denied by Santos due to physical problems.[8]
Furtado made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 2007 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 5 goals. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2007[9] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup, where he scored the 2 winning goals over Panama on the 6' and 15' minute, which made Costa Rica win 3-0.[10]
His final international was an April 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.