César Gerardo Elizondo Quesada (born 10 February 1988) is a Costa Rican former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker.

Club career

His debut with Deportivo Saprissa in 2005 with 17 years old after the U-17 World Cup in Peru, then in 2007 played the U-20 World Cup in Canada the same year he signed his professional contract for Deportivo

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

where he achieved 3 national titles and a second place in CONCACAF Champions League. For one season also played for Pérez Zeledón in 2009, in December 2012 left Saprissa and went to Thai Premier League Champions

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where he won a Toyota Cup Championship. In 2013 he came to the NASL where he made his debut for

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. After a year in North Carolina, Elizondo moved to the Alamo City with

San Antonio Scorpions The San Antonio Scorpions were an American professional soccer team based in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 2010, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2012. The Scorpions played at Toyota Field, a soccer specific stadi ...

. He scored 5 goals as San Antonio won the Fall Season Title and the NASL 2014 Championship. In the 2015 season he scored 3 goals. At the end of the 2015 season the franchise ceased operations.

International career

He played in the

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru from 16 September to 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate i ...

held in

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where he scored the winning second round qualifying goal for his country and was named in the top 10 players of the World Cup Elizondo also participated in the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the scor ...

held in Canada. He made his senior debut for

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

in a January

2011 Copa Centroamericana The 2011 Copa Centroamericana () was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international association football, football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Footb ...

match against

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and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 10 caps.

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- Railhawks {{DEFAULTSORT:Elizondo, Cesar 1988 births People from Pérez Zeledón (canton) Footballers from San José Province Living people 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's youth international footballers Costa Rica men's under-20 international footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Deportivo Saprissa players Bayamón Fútbol Club players A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers Cesar Elizondo North Carolina FC players San Antonio Scorpions players San Antonio FC players Fútbol Consultants players Liga FPD players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players 2011 Copa América players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the United States