Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo (born 7 November 1979) is a

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

n former professional

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who last played as a

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for Costa Rican club Cartaginés.

Club career

A native of Cartago, Fonseca played the majority of his career at local side Cartaginés. In February 2013 he tied club legend Leonel Hernández for most league games played for the club, with 360. He also had a few seasons at Brujas, but returned to Cartaginés in May 2010. In October 2013, Fonseca reached 500 league games in the Costa Rican Primera División, the 14th player in the league history to do so.

International career

Fonseca played at the

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament. Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. :1.Teams that ...

held in

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. He made his senior debut for

in a February

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup was an association football tournament. It was held in two venues in Panama in February 2003, and was played in a Round-robin tournament, round robin tournament, each of the 6 teams playing each other once. Costa Rica ...

match against

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and collected a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 4

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matches and was selected as a member of the

squad at the

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finals. He was the first player to be booked in the

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during his country's 4–2 defeat to

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. Also he played at the

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and

2005 UNCAF Nations Cup The eighth edition of the bi-annual UNCAF Nations Cup was held in Guatemala, from February 19 to 27, 2005. All matches were played at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. The four semifinalists qualified for 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Squads : ...

s as well as at the

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious ...

. He was a non-playing squad member at the

2004 Copa América The 2004 Copa América was the 41st edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in P ...

.Copa América 2004
- RSSSF His final international was a January 2008

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1994 against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

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1979 births Living people People from Cartago Province Association football midfielders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers Costa Rica under-20 international footballers 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2004 Copa América players 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Liga FPD players C.S. Cartaginés players Brujas F.C. players Copa Centroamericana-winning players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub