20 Facts About Rolando Fonseca

Rolando Fonseca Jimenez was born on 6 June 1974 and is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Rolando Fonseca played for Comunicaciones in Guatemala, Independiente Medellin and America de Cali in Colombia, Pachuca and La Piedad in Mexico, as well as having home spells with Saprissa, Alajuelense and Municipal Liberia.

Rolando Fonseca's debut was with Deportivo Saprissa, on 1 June 1991, against ASODELI, and scored his first goal against San Carlos on 28 August.

Outside Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca won league titles with Comunicaciones in 1998,1999,2000,2002,2008, and 2010, and with America de Cali in 1997.

Rolando Fonseca retired in January 2011, but a year and seven months later, he made his return to professional football by joining Asociacion Deportiva Carmelita on 19 August 2012.

Coach Orlando de Leon cited that Rolando Fonseca has been busy with his other activities besides football.

Rolando Fonseca has been a fixture on the Costa Rica national team since 1992.

Rolando Fonseca played in more than 100 internationals, and is currently the nation's all-time scorer, with 47 goals.

Rolando Fonseca earned his first cap at the age of 17 on 27 May 1992, in a friendly match against Ecuador.

Rolando Fonseca scored a hat trick against Honduras in the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, the first of three in his international career.

Rolando Fonseca earned a call to the squad for the Copa America in Bolivia, but he appeared only in the first-round match against Mexico as the team lost all three group games.

At the turn of the millennium, Rolando Fonseca was entering the highest-scoring stretch of his international career; he scored eight times for Costa Rica in 1999, six times in 2000, and twelve times in 2001.

At the 2001 Copa America, Rolando Fonseca appeared in all four matches and scored against Bolivia, as the Costa Ricans won their first-round group with a team that included Paulo Cesar Wanchope, Walter Centeno, and Hernan Medford.

Rolando Fonseca played in two games for the team at the 2002 World Cup, appearing in the first-round matches against China and Brazil.

Rolando Fonseca remained in the national team after the World Cup, playing in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup and scoring twice against the United States, but he was limited to only one cap in 2004 and two in 2005.

Rolando Fonseca was excluded from the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad selected by Alexandre Guimaraes.

Rolando Fonseca appeared only once for Costa Rica during the two-year span after the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but he was recalled late in 2009 for the last stages of World Cup qualifying by coach Rene Simoes.

Rolando Fonseca played his final competitive international match in the intercontinental playoff match against Uruguay on 18 November 2009, coming off the bench for the last 26 minutes.

The all-time top scorer in the UNCAF Nations Cup with 19 goals, Rolando Fonseca was voted the tournament's best player in 1999, adding five goals.

On 26 March 2011, Rolando Fonseca played in the first game of the new Costa Rican Estadio Nacional against China.