Jonathan Rafael Faña Frías (born 11 April 1987) is a Dominican former professional

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who played as a

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. Faña is the all-time international top goalscorer of the

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with 24 goals.

Club career

Faña began his career with Moca FC in the Dominican Republic, leading the Liga Mayor with 16 goals during the 2004/05 season.2004–05 Liga Mayor leading scorer
/ref> He moved to

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power

W Connection W Connection Football Club is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the TT Pro League. The club plays its home games at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industria ...

in 2006. Faña quickly established himself at the club and by 2007 was a regular starter, scoring 9 league goals during his first season as a regular starter and playing primarily as a left-sided attacking midfielder. During the 2008

campaign Faña led W Connection with 10 goals. The 2009 season was Faña's most successful as he impressed at both the local league as well as in

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competitions. He led

to the

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helping defeat

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2–1 in the final on May 17, 2009 and claiming a spot in the

CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10 The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...

.2009 CFU Club Championship
Faña scored both Connection goals in the final and ended as the competition's top scorer with six goals. During the

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Faña appeared in seven matches scoring five goals, which included a hat trick on September 24, 2009 in a 3–0 road victory over Guatemalan side

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. As a result of his play in the Champions League Faña began to receive interest from Central and North American clubs, including Guatemalan club

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. Faña also helped

capture the inaugural

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scoring twice in a 3–0 victory in the June 26, 2009 final versus Defence Force. Faña also finished as the competition's top scorer with five goals. During the 2009

Faña scored 10 goals and including Champions League, CFU Cup, and Goal Shield matches he ended the 2009 campaign with 26 goals in all competitions. In February 2010 Faña was sent on loan to the

on a one-year deal with an option to buy when the 2010

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season was over. After the missing the first few months of the season through injury, Faña made his debut for the Islanders on June 26, 2010 as a substitute in a 3–0 loss to the

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. He remained with Puerto Rico for the 2011 season and was named Player of the Year by the club's fans. Puerto Rico re-signed Faña for the 2012 season on November 9, 2011. After the Islanders organization went on hiatus in order to restructure, Faña signed with Dominican club Bauger FC in 2012, finishing the season as one of the league's top scorers and steering the club to a third-place finish in the league. After spending a season in his homeland, Faña signed for

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of the

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. On 11 December 2013, it was announced that Faña was returning to the

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by signing for the

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International career

Faña debuted for the

in 2006. He has scored 16 goals in 24 appearances with the national team, and appeared in

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qualifying matches.2007 Digicel Caribbean Cup
/ref> On March 24, 2013 Faña scored the game-winning goal in a 3–1 victory over

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, the Dominican Republic's first-ever victory over their neighboring country.

International goals

:''As of match played 8 June 2016. Dominican Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Faña goal.''

Honours

;W Connection *

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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: 2006, 2007,

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* Pro League Big Six: 2007 *

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

;Puerto Rico Islanders *

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: 2010 *

: 2010, 2011 ;Moca FC * Liga Mayor Coca-Cola: 2014 ; Bauger FC *

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Regular Season Champions: 2015 ;Cibao FC * Copa Dominicana de Fútbol: 2015 Champions ; Atlético Pantoja *

: 2018 ;Individual * Liga Mayor 2004–05 Top scorer – 16 goals *

Top scorer – 6 goals *

2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield was the inaugural season of the '' Lucozade Sport Goal Shield'', which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. The structure of the competition not only allowed the winners and ...

Top scorer – 5 goals *

2011 CFU Club Championship The 2011 CFU Club Champions’ Cup was the 13th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean ...

Top scorer - 4 goals * 2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol Top Scorer- 17 goals * Copa Dominicana de Fútbol: 2015 Top Scorer - 15 goals

References

External links

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Jonathan Faña
at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Fana, Jonathan 1987 births Living people Bauger FC players Dominican Republic expatriate footballers Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in the United States Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico Dominican Republic expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic footballers Dominican Republic international footballers Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Expatriate footballers in Puerto Rico Expatriate footballers in Trinidad and Tobago Expatriate soccer players in the United States North American Soccer League players People from Espaillat Province Puerto Rico Islanders players San Antonio Scorpions players TT Pro League players USSF Division 2 Professional League players W Connection F.C. players Liga Panameña de Fútbol players Association football forwards Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players