Óscar Esteban Granados Maroto2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ - List of Players

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, Retrieved 6/28/2014 (; born 25 October 1985) is a Costa Rican

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Granados started his career at local side Cartaginés where he would stay for 7 years. In June 2011 he joined newly promoted Orión, but left them 6 months later for

International career

Granados made his debut for Costa Rica in a January

2009 UNCAF Nations Cup The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Th ...

match against

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and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in

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matches and was a member of Costa Rican squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup where he was yellow-carded while on the sub's bench in the game against

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. He played at the

as well as at the

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Personal life

Hailing from Quircot de Cartago, he is a son of Elí Granados and Martiza Maroto and is married to Fiorella Alvarado. His elder brother Michael played professional football with second division side

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.Esteban Granados Una familia de Dios y fútbol
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- Herediano * 1985 births Living people People from Cartago Province Association football midfielders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2014 Copa Centroamericana players Copa América Centenario players C.S. Cartaginés players C.S. Herediano footballers Copa Centroamericana-winning players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub