Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano (born 27 April 1975) is a Costa Rican retired international

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who played as a

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Club career

Sequeira began his professional career in 1995 with

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, and has played in Costa Rica for Santa Bárbara, Cartaginés, Brujas and Carmelita, in Guatemala for

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, in the United States for the

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and the San Jose Clash, in Greece for

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and in El Salvador for Águila. He returned to Saprissa in January 2010 and joined Orión Desamparados in May 2011 to finish his career there in July 2011. With Saprissa, he became the league's goalscorer of the 2010 Verano season. He had already scored his 100th Costa Rica Primera División goal a year before, when with Ramonense and ended up with 130 goals.

International career

Sequeira made his senior debut for

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in a January 1999

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against

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and earned his second and final cap 10 years later with a September 2009

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match against

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Personal life

Sequeira is married to Mileska Marín and they have two sons, Alejandro and Sebastián. In 2006, he overcame alcoholism after his wife threatened to divorce him.Sequeira dio un giro a su infierno de alcoholismo e infidelidad, cuando estaba a punto de perderlo todo
''Nación'' His brother Douglas Sequeira also played for the national team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sequeira, Alejandro 1975 births Living people Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Deportivo Saprissa players C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players Tampa Bay Mutiny players San Jose Earthquakes players Proodeftiki F.C. players C.D. Águila footballers C.S. Cartaginés players A.D. Carmelita footballers Brujas F.C. players A.D. Ramonense players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Major League Soccer players Footballers from San José, Costa Rica