Andy Furtado

Andy Furtado
Personal information
Full name Andy Furtado Dixon
Date of birth (1980-10-30) October 30, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Limón, Costa Rica
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Belén
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Santos de Guápiles
2004–2005 Fusión Tibás
2005–2007 San Carlos 50 (18)
2008 Marathón 19 (6)
2009 → Herediano (loan) 13 (3)
2009 Marathón 0 (0)
2010 Shanghai Shenhua
2011 Comunicaciones 9 (1)
2012 Limón 10 (1)
2012–2013 Belén 18 (2)
International career‡
2007–2009 Costa Rica 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2009
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Furtado and the second or maternal family name is Dixon.

Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Belén.

Club career

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]

International career

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[9] and played at the 2007[10] 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.[11]

His final international was an April 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.

References

  1. ^ ¡Guipipía!, con el sudor y el honor de Santa Cruz Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Andy Furtado jugará en China - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Andy Furtado jugará con Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Costa Rica suspends Furtado for two years for doping[permanent dead link‍] - CONCACAF
  5. ^ Comunicaciones fichó a Furtado Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Andy Furtado viene al país para jugar con Limón FC - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Belén firmó a Furtado por un año - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Andy Furtado quedó fuera del Santos de Guápiles - Al Día (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Andy Furtado – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2007 - Details - RSSSF
  11. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details - RSSSF


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