Wardy Alfaro Pizarro (born 31 December 1977) is a retired

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player, who currently is goalkeeper coach at Alajuelense. He played as a goalkeeper, and was one of three that were named in the Costa Rica national squad for the

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held in Germany.

Club career

He started his career playing in the

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with

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and then he moved to

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. Then in 2001, Cartaginés decided to bring him to the top division. He debuted on September 16 of that year against Pérez Zeledón and soon became a valuable player for this team, helping them to stay at the top division with his great saves. By the end of the 2003-2004 season, Alajuelense decided to loan Ricardo González to the Guatemalan club Comunicaciones so they asked Cartaginés to have him loaned. He debuted with his new team on April 25 of 2004 and became usual at the starting line-up soon after he got to the team. By the end of this season Alajuelense decided to purchase him and he went on to play 154 league games for ''Liga''. In 2010, Alfaro rejoined his first club Santos and in 2012 he returned to Cartaginés. Besides football, he owns an inflatable games rental company in El Tejar de El Guarco where he lives. In December 2014, Alfaro retired and was named goalkeeper coach at Alajuelense.

International career

Alfaro made his debut for

in a friendly game against South Korea on 11 February 2006 and has earned 5 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the

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and was a non-playing squad member at the

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and

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- Nación {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfaro, Wardy 1977 births Living people Footballers from Alajuela Men's association football goalkeepers Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers C.S. Cartaginés players Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Liga FPD players