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Francisco Calvo
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Costa Rican footballer
OverviewAI-generated
Francisco Calvo, born 8 July 1992 in San José, is a Costa Rican association football player. He plays as a defender and full-back, wearing squad number 5, and began his career on 17 September 2011. Calvo has played for C.S. Herediano, Municipal Pérez Zeledón, FC Nordsjælland, Santos de Guápiles and Al-Ettifaq, competing in Major League Soccer, and represented Costa Rica at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Key facts
- 2010
- San Jacinto Coyotes
- 2011
- Costa Rica U20
- 2012
- Pérez Zeledón
- 2013
- Nordsjælland
- 2015
- → Santos de Guápiles (loan)
- 2022
- San Jose Earthquakes
- 2024
- Juárez
- 2025
- Al-Ettifaq
- Full name
- Francisco Javier Calvo Quesada
- Date of birth
- ( 1992-07-08 ) 8 July 1992 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- San José , Costa Rica
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- Current team
- Al-Ettifaq
- 2005 2010
- Saprissa
- Years
- Team
- 2011 2012
- Herediano
- 2013 2015
- Herediano
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Al-Ettifaq
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Costa Rica
- Place of birth
- San José
- Occupation
- association football player
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Konyaspor
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Costa Rica
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Francisco Calvo - 2019.jpg
- Height
- 180
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1992-07-08
- sport number
- 5
- Commons category
- Francisco Calvo
- start of work period
- 2011-09-17
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Encyclopedic overview
Francisco Javier Calvo Quesada ( Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ ˈkalβo keˈsaða]; born 8 July 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq and captains the Costa Rica national team.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francisco Calvo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.