Christopher Meneses

Christopher Meneses
Personal information
Full name Christopher Meneses Barrantes
Date of birth (1990-05-02) May 2, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Costa Rica
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sporting San José
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Alajuelense 116 (9)
2013–2015 IFK Norrköping 32 (2)
2015–2020 Alajuelense 142 (7)
2020–2021 Cariari Pococí
2021 Santos de Guápiles 44 (0)
2022– Sporting San José 12 (1)
International career‡
2012 Costa Rica U23 2 (0)
2010– Costa Rica 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meneses and the second or maternal family name is Barrantes.

Christopher Meneses Barrantes (born May 2, 1990) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sporting San José.

Club career

Meneses came through the youth ranks of Alajuelense for whom he made his senior debut in 2008. In summer 2013 he joined Swedish side IFK Norrköping.[1] After a year and a half with Norrköping they declared in April 2015 that Meneses was free to leave the club after they had reached an agreement that he needed to restart his career somewhere else.[2] In 2015, he returned to Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.

On 13 December 2021, Meneses signed with Sporting San José.[3]

International career

Meneses made his debut for Costa Rica in an August 2010 friendly match against Paraguay and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana and the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]

References

  1. ^ Christopher Meneses confirma que firmó con equipo sueco Archived 2017-05-17 at the Wayback Machine - Al Día (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Meneses fri att lämna IFK Norrköping". Folkbladet. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Le damos la bienvenida a los jugadores Cristopher Meneses, Bryan López, Giovanni Clunie y Jonathan Martínez" (Press release) (in Spanish). Sporting San José. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ Christopher Meneses – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2013 - RSSSF


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