Rolando Fonseca

1989/95 Saprissa (CRS) 28 matches, 33 goals

1996 Pachuca (MEX) 27 matches, 9 goals

1996 Independiente Medellín (COL) 12 matches, 7 goals

1997 América de Cali (COL) 22 matches

1997 Alajuelense (CRS) 11 matches, 2 goals

1998/2000 Comunicaciones (GUA) 40 matches, 44 goals

2000 Saprissa (CRS) 14 matches, 8 goals

2000/01 La Piedad (MEX) 12 matches, 5 goals

2001/07 Alajuelense (CRS) 125 matches, 64 goals

(Costa Rican Championship: 117 matches, 61 goals)

(CONCACAF Champion Clubs' Cup: 6 matches, 1 goal)

(Copa Sudamericana: 2 matches, 2 goals)

2003 Comunicaciones (GUA) (Loan) 23 matches, 10 goals

2006 Comunicaciones (GUA) (Loan) 17 matches, 4 goals

2007/08 Municipal Liberia (CRS) 15 matches, 5 goals

2008/11 Comunicaciones (GUA) 89 matches, 43 goals

(Guatemalan Championship: 79 matches, 36 goals)

(CONCACAF Champion Clubs Cup: 10 matches, 7 goals)

2012 Carmelita (CRS) 3 matches

With the National Team :

113 caps, 47 goals

(Friendly matches: 32 caps, 13 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 35 caps, 11 goals)

(World Cup: 2 caps)

(Gold Cup: 10 caps, 4 goals)

(Copa America: 5 caps, 1 goal)

(UNCAF Nations Cup: 29 caps, 18 goals)

1st cap: May 27, 1992 against Ecuador (2-1)

Last cap: March 26, 2011 against China (2-2)

Rolando Fonseca Jiménez

Born June 6, 1974 in San José (CRS)

Costa Rican, Striker, 1m72

Nicknames: El Principito, Rolo, El Amigo del Gol

Rolando Fonseca was born on June 6, 1974 in San José, Costa Rica. He started playing football at the age of 9, where he joined the youth divisions of Deportivo Saprissa. He made his debut in the Costa Rican first division in June 1991. He scored his first goal in August of that same year.

With this club, he won the CONCACAF Champions League twice before being loaned to Pachuca in Mexico. Then he spent time in Colombia, in Medellin and Cali, where he was not very decisive. In July 1997, he signed with Comunicaciones Fútbol Club where he stayed until 1999.

He was again loaned by Deportivo Saprissa to Comunicaciones Fútbol Club where he played throughout 2000. Moving from club to club, he signed with Alajuelense where he stayed for 6 years. His goal was to find his rhythm before the 2002 World Cup in which Costa Rica managed to qualify.

He then made numerous returns to Comunicaciones in Guatemala where he played several times separately. In 2012, he returned to Costa Rica to quietly finish his career at Carmelita, he was then 38 years old.

Fonseca will forever remain one of the few players to have played for both rival clubs Saprissa and Alajuelense, and he is still the top scorer in the biggest Costa Rican derby with 19 goals, 9 for Saprissa and 10 for Alajuelense.

He is also one of the greatest legends in the history of his country. Since he is one of the most capped players in the history of the UNCAF Nations Cup. In total, he will have played 29 matches for 18 goals in the competition. He is also one of the most capped players of his selection with 113 official matches for 47 goals, the best scorer in the history of his country.

With Costa Rica he will have managed to reach the World Cup. And he will have also scored the 1000th goal in the history of his country's national team. A historic moment.

- Top scorer of the UNCAF Nations Cup in 1995 (3 goals) and 1999 (5 goals)

- Top scorer of the Guatemalan championship in 2000 (Clausura) (20 goals) and 2010 (Clausura) (15 goals) (Comunicaciones)

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