César Elizondo Explained

César Elizondo
Fullname:César Gerardo Elizondo Quezada[1]
Birth Date:10 February 1988
Birth Place:Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Currentclub:Pérez Zeledón
Youthclubs1:Saprissa
Years1:2007–2013
Clubs1:Saprissa
Caps1:53
Goals1:7
Years2:2010
Clubs2:Bayamón (loan)
Years3:2010–2011
Clubs3:Pérez Zeledón (loan)
Caps3:22
Goals3:5
Years4:2013
Clubs4:Buriram United
Goals4:2
Years5:2013–2014
Clubs5:Carolina RailHawks
Caps5:29
Goals5:4
Years6:2014–2015
Clubs6:San Antonio Scorpions
Caps6:36
Goals6:8
Years7:2016
Caps7:18
Goals7:4
Years8:2016–2018
Clubs8:San Antonio FC
Caps8:47
Goals8:8
Years9:2019–
Caps9:3
Goals9:1
Pcupdate:20 January 2019
Nationalyears1:2005–2007
Nationalteam1:Costa Rica U-20
Nationalyears2:2011
Nationalteam2:Costa Rica
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:0

César Gerardo Elizondo Quezada (born 10 February 1988) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Pérez Zeledón.[2]

Club career

His debut with Deportivo Saprissa in 2005 with 17 years old after the U-17 World Cup in Peru, then in 2007 played the U-20 World Cup in Canada the same year he signed his professional contract for Deportivo Saprissa where he achieved 3 national titles and a second place in CONCACAF Champions League.

For one season also played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón in 2009, in December 2012 left Saprissa and went to Thai Premier League Champions Buriram United where he won a Toyota Cup Championship.[3]

In 2013 he came to the NASL where he made his debut for Carolina RailHawks.[4] After a year in North Carolina, Elizondo moved to the Alamo City with San Antonio Scorpions. He scored 5 goals as San Antonio won the Fall Season Title and the NASL 2014 Championship. In the 2015 season he scored 3 goals. At the end of the 2015 season the franchise ceased operations.

International career

He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Peru where he scored the winning second round qualifying goal for his country and was named in the top 10 players of the World Cup Elizondo also participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Honduras and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 10 caps.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 7 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
  2. Web site: SAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD CESAR ELIZONDO. sanantoniofc.com. 11 July 2016. 20 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220071140/http://www.sanantoniofc.com/news_article/show/668355?referrer_id=2442824. dead.
  3. http://www.mariosegura.com/futbol/primera-division-de-costa-rica/16151-primicia-cesar-elizondo-deja-el-saprissa-y-se-va-para-tailandia PRIMICIA: César Elizondo deja el Saprissa y se va para Tailandia
  4. http://www.everardoherrera.com/2014/index.php/futbol-internacional/18280-cesar-elizondo-tuvo-su-debut-con-el-carolina-railhawks.html César Elizondo tuvo su debut con el Carolina Railhawks