Francisco Calvo

Francisco Calvo
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Calvo Quesada
Date of birth (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Saprissa
Youth career
2005–2010 Saprissa
2010 San Jacinto Coyotes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Herediano 23 (1)
2012 Pérez Zeledón 21 (5)
2013 Nordsjælland 3 (0)
2013–2014 Herediano 54 (8)
2015Santos de Guápiles 21 (5)
2015– Saprissa 26 (3)
National team
2011 Costa Rica U20 4 (1)
2011– Costa Rica 12 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calvo and the second or maternal family name is Quesada.

Francisco Javier Calvo Quesada (born 8 July 1992) is a Costa Rican international footballer who currently plays for Saprissa.

Club career

With Deportivo Saprissa as a youth player from 2005 to 2010, Calvo moved to the United States to study at San Jacinto College after getting a scholarship and played football at university level during that period.[1]

On his return to Costa Rica in 2011, Calvo played for Herediano before a stint at Pérez Zeledón where he scored 5 goals in 21 matches.[2] In January 2013 he moved abroad to play for then Danish champions Nordsjælland[3] but he returned to Herediano in summer 2013.[4] In January 2015, Calvo joined Santos de Guápiles as a loan.[5] In late May, Francisco joined Saprissa.

International career

On 29 May 2011 he made his debut with the Costa Rica senior team in San José in a friendly game against Nigeria.[6] He was also part of Costa Rica in the FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011.

He was also a reserve call-up for the Costa Rica team at the 2011 Gold Cup,[7] and later impressed senior head coach Ricardo La Volpe to win him a call-up for the Costa Rica squad at the 2011 Copa America.

He made his debut in the competition in a game against Colombia, ended in a 0-1 loss, and a 2–0 win against Bolivia.[8] also Francisco played Argentina in a 3-0 loss.

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