Fernando Patterson

Fernando Patterson
Personal information
Full name Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro
Date of birth (1970-02-11) 11 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth La Francia de Siquirres, Costa Rica
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Limonense
1990–1994 Turrialba
1994–1996 Municipal Puntarenas (3)
1996–1998 Xelajú 7 (0)
1998–1999 Cobán Imperial
1999–2001 Xelajú 20 (0)
2002–2003 Cartaginés
2003–2004 Ramonense
2004–2007 Xelajú 85 (5)
2008 San Carlos 0 (0)
2008–2009 Heredia Jaguares 25 (2)
2009–2010 Xelajú 37 (3)
2010–2011 Xinabajul 41 (0)
2011 Coatepeque 0 (0)
2012–2013 Xelajú 57 (0)
International career
1993 Costa Rica 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Patterson and the second or maternal family name is Castro.

Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro (born 15 March 1970 in Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican former football goalkeeper who finished his career at Xelajú in Guatemala's top division.

He is a naturalized citizen of Guatemala.

Club career

Born in La Francia de Siquirres,[1] Patterson has spent part of his playing career in Costa Rica, but he has spent most of it in Guatemala with Xelajú.

He made his debut in 1989 at Limonense and played 113 matches, scoring three goals when also deployed as a striker,[1] for Limonense, Turrialba and Puntarenas,[2] before moving abroad to play in Guatemala with Xelajú and Cobán Imperial. He joined Cartaginés in January 2002[2] and moved to Ramonense in 2003. In the summer of 2004, Patterson returned to Xelajú.

Patterson signed for San Carlos in January 2008[3] from Guatemalan side Xelajú, only for him to disappear from the club three weeks later.[4] He ended up playing in Guatemala again for Heredia Jaguares. He signed again for Xelaju from Heredia in June 2009.[5] In May 2011 he returned for another spell at Xela after a season at Xinabajul,[6] only to send him to Coatepeque for the 2011 Apertura season.[7]

In 2012, the 42-year-old Patterson returned to playing for Xelajú[8] and saved three penalties in the 2012 Clausura final against Municipal for Xelajú to clinch the league title and Patterson's third title with the club after 1996 and 2007.[9] This victory also qualified the club to the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League, which marked only their third appearance in an international competition. On 21 August 2012, Patterson saved three shots and kept a clean-sheet in a 1–0 victory over Guadalajara, one of the best teams in Mexico.[10] In the away fixture on 25 October, Xelajú lost 2–1, but still managed to top the group on head-to-head away goals, thus becoming just the second Guatemalan team to ever advance to the quarterfinals.[11] Patterson started in both legs of the quarterfinals, which ended in a 2–4 aggregate loss to Monterrey, the latter of which on 12 March 2013, and in doing so at the age of 43 years and 32 days, he became the oldest player in the competition's history.[citation needed]

Patterson retired in June 2013, at 43 years of age.[12]

Goalscoring

As of April 2007, Patterson had scored 24 league goals and two in the Guatemalan Cup.[13] In November 2009, he was ranked 8th of goalkeepers who had scored most goals by the IFFHS with 28 goals in total[14] and in February 2013 he ranked 7th with 35 goals.[15]

International career

Patterson made his debut for Costa Rica in a July 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup third-place match against Jamaica.[16] The game proved to be his only cap since he never played again for the Ticos.

Style of play

Patterson can be unorthodox, but he also looks like he thrives under pressure.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b Trayectoria bajo el marco - Al Día (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Optimista en Cartago Patterson quiere pulir su nombre - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Fernando Patterson es jugador de la AD San Carlos Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - AD San Carlos (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Fernando Patterson está desaparecido de San Carlos - Nacion (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Fernando Patterson vuelve a Xela Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Xelajú confirma cinco refuerzos para la próxima temporada" [Xelajú confirms five reinforcements for next season]. www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Malacateco enfrentará a Coatepeque en juego amistoso" [Malacateco will face Coatepeque in a friendly game]. www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "Fernando Patterson es el amuleto chivo" [Fernando Patterson is the goat amulet]. www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish).
  9. ^ "Comienza otro reto para Fernando Patterson con Xelajú MC" [Another challenge begins for Fernando Patterson with Xelajú MC]. www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "Champions League 2012/2013". concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Chivas Guadalajara vs. Xelaju: Final score 2-1, Goats win, but Cinderella Xelaju advance". www.sbnation.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  12. ^ "El portero de Costa Rica, Fernando Patterson, se retira" [Costa Rica goalkeeper Fernando Patterson retires]. wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Porteros ticos con más de dos años sin goles" [Ticos goalkeepers with more than two years without goals]. wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish).
  14. ^ "Patterson es octavo portero con más gol" [Patterson is the eighth goalkeeper with the most goals]. wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish).
  15. ^ "Patterson es de los porteros con gol" [Patterson is one of the goalkeepers with a goal]. wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish).
  16. ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details". RSSSF. 4 July 2019.
  17. ^ "CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal Power Rankings". www.sbnation.com. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2024.