Pablo Chinchilla Vega (born December 21, 1978 in Escazú) 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 ...

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who currently is the player-manager of Austrian lower league side FC Koblach.

Career

Club

Chinchilla began his career in the youth system of

Primera División de Costa Rica The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Fútbol de Primera División (FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Unión de Clubes ...

team

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, Ala ...

. He was loaned to Austrian side Altach for a season before summoned back by Liga and he eventually graduated to their senior side making his professional debut for them on 15 August 1999 against Carmelita. He then scored his first goal on 12 September 1999 against San Carlos.Buzón de Rodrigo (Bio)
- Nación After five years with the ''Rojinegros'', during which time he won the 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, he joined

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prior to the 2005 season. His stay in the USA was largely unsuccessful and he returned to Alajuelense after just one season. In summer 2006 Chinchilla rejoined

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n club

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, and spent two years playing with them in the

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. After a brief spell back home in Costa Rica at Liberia Mía Chinchilla returned to Austria by signing with

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in January 2009. He went amateur when he joined lower league side Lochau. In summer 2013, Chinchilla left Lochau and moved to Austrian Landesklasse side Koblach to become player manager and extended his contract with a year in March 2014.

International

At junior level, Chinchilla played at the

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and the

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. He made his debut for

in a November 1999

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against

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and earned a total of 39 caps, scoring 1 goal. He was a late addition to their 2002 World Cup squad, replacing the injured Reynaldo Parks and represented his country at the

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, each of the 6 teams playing each other once. Costa Rica won their record fourt ...

as well as at the

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and

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s. He was a non-playing squad member at the

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.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details
- RSSSF His final international was a February 2008 friendly game against

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International goals

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

Honours

;Alajuelense *

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: 2004 ;Los Angeles Galaxy *

MLS Cup:

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References

External links

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Player bio
– MLSnet
Austrian Bundesliga stats
- Bundesliga {{DEFAULTSORT:Chinchilla, Pablo 1978 births Living people People from Escazú (canton) Association football defenders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players L.D. Alajuelense footballers LA Galaxy players SC Rheindorf Altach players Municipal Liberia footballers LASK players Liga FPD players Costa Rican expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Austria Major League Soccer players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Copa Centroamericana-winning players Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American Games medalists in football