Yeltsin Ignacio Tejeda Valverde (; born 17 March 1992) is a Costa Rican professional

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club

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and the Costa Rica national team. He is named after the first

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Club career

Saprissa

Tejeda began his career with Saprissa in 2011 scoring one goal against San Carlos. In the 2014 Verano season, Tejeda was named the captain of the team.

Evian

After Costa Rica's campaign at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Tejeda traveled to the United Kingdom to sign with Swansea City, but the club halted the negotiations, and Tejeda instead traveled to France. On 22 August 2014, then-Ligue 1 club

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announced that Tejeda had signed a four-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September 2014 in a 2–1 loss to

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. During the winter transfer window, Tejeda was joined by his countryman and former Saprissa teammate David Ramírez. The team was relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the season.

Lausanne-Sport

In July 2016 Tejeda joined Swiss club Lausanne-Sport on a three year contract.

Herediano

In January 2019 Tejeda returned to Costa Rica, signing with

. He signed a two-year contract extension with the club in October 2021.

International career

Tejeda was selected in Costa Rica's squad for the

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and he was named in the

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. He played for his country at the 2009 FIFA U-17 and 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cups. He officially debuted in the senior

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on 11 December 2011 in a friendly match against

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, in

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and has, as of November 2014, earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals. Tejeda was a key part during Costa Rica's successful qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and during the finals tournament. He also played at the

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and

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. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In November 2022, Tejeda was named to Costa Rica's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On December 1 in Costa Rica's final group stage game, he scored his first goal for Costa Rica against

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in a 4-2 defeat.

Career statistics

International

:''Costa Rica score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tejeda goal.''

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