Jonathan Bolaños
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Bolaños Navarro | ||
| Date of birth | April 22, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Herediano | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Herediano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997-2000 | Herediano | ||
| 2000–2001 | La Piedad | ||
| 2001–2002 | Saprissa | 21 | (2) |
| 2002 | Municipal Liberia | ||
| 2002–2003 | Alajuelense | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Chicago Fire | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Cartaginés | ||
| 2004 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Rochester Rhinos | 20 | (0) |
| 2007– | Herediano | ||
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Costa Rica | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Template:Spanish name 2 Jonathan Bolaños Navarro (born April 22, 1978 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football striker. He currently plays for CS Herediano in the Primera División de Costa Rica. His brother is Cristian Bolaños, who presently plays as a midfielder for FC Copenhagen in Denmark and is a rising star on the Costa Rican national team. They were teammates in CD Saprissa.
Club career
Bolaños began his career with Herediano, a team in the Primera División de Costa Rica, then he was sold to La Piedad (in Mexico), where he led the team to the 2002 Clausura Championship. Bolaños was transferred to the MLS, but he did not have a lot of opportunities so he moved back to Costa Rica and there he played for CD Saprissa and LD Alajuelense in 2002 and 2003, the two most important teams along the country in the Primera División de Costa Rica.
Bolaños made his Major League Soccer debut on October 4, 2003 with the Chicago Fire. In his first MLS start on October 26, Bolaños earned his first point on an assist just three minutes after getting into the match, but he did not get enough minutes and after a couple of years in Costa Rica, he returned to USA and played at the USL First Division first for Miami FC and then for Seattle Sounders[1] and Rochester Raging Rhinos. He missed the entire 2006 season due to injury. He stayed there and played for a few seasons, but he recently received an offer from the team where he started up and debuted in the Primera División de Costa Rica, CS Herediano, so he moved back again to Costa Rica.
On June 8, 2009, Norwegian top-flight team Start, where his brother Cristian played at that time, took him on a two-week trial. He was not offered a contract with the club.
National team
Bolaños played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia and was a member of the 2000 Costa Rican Olympic team.
He made his debut for the senior national team in a June 2000 friendly match against Paraguay and collected a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[2], which proved to be his final international.
References
- ^ Massey, Matt (2004-06-19). "Sounders add midfielder Bolanos". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ Jonathan Bolaños – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
- Jonathan Bolaños at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from San José, Costa Rica
- Association football midfielders
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. players
- Chicago Fire Soccer Club players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Rochester Rhinos players
- C.S. Cartaginés players
- L.D. Alajuelense footballers
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Major League Soccer players
- USL A-League players
- USL First Division players