Patrick Alberto Pemberton Bernard (born 24 April 1982) is a Costa Rican professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Pemberton started his career at

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...

but made his league debut for Carmelita on 11 September 2004 against Pérez Zeledón when on loan from ''Liga''. On 15 June 2012 he was awarded the prize for the best goalkeeper of the tournament delivered by Summer 2012 UNAFUT. In December 2013, he extended his contract with Alajuelense four more years. Patrick is currently the goalkeeper with most appearances with the club. Pemberton started on his 300th match on 12 April 2017 against San Carlos for the Verano 2017 tournament, matched previous record holder Alejandro González Rojas (whose record stood since 23 September 1990 for a total 27 years, one month and nine days) on 29 October 2017 against Saprissa, and obtained his 316th cap three days later against Pérez Zeledón, both matches corresponding to the Apertura 2017 tournament. Previously, in August 2015 Pemberton surpassed José Alexis Rojas, who at the time was the second most-capped Alajuelense goalkeeper with 218 matches.

International career

Pemberton made his debut for

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in a September 2010

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against

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and has, as of December 2014, earned a total of 24 caps. He represented his country in 2

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matches and played at the

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and

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as well as at the

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. He was a non-playing squad member at the

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. And played all three games of the

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. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 22 June 2018.''

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* 1982 births Living people People from Limón Province Association football goalkeepers Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2011 Copa Centroamericana players 2013 Copa Centroamericana players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2014 Copa Centroamericana players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players 2017 Copa Centroamericana players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Copa Centroamericana-winning players L.D. Alajuelense footballers A.D. Carmelita footballers Liga FPD players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub