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Paulo Wanchope
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Costa Rican association football player
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Paulo César Wanchope Watson is a Costa Rican former association football player and coach. Born in Heredia on July 31, 1976, he played as a forward, specifically as a centre-forward, for the Costa Rica national team. His club career included stints with Manchester City F.C., Málaga CF, Derby County F.C., and West Ham United F.C. He competed in the Premier League and Major League Soccer.
Wanchope represented Costa Rica in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. After retiring from playing, he served as a coach for C.S. Herediano. He is the son of Vicente Wanchope and has a sibling named Javier Wanchope. During his playing days, he was also known by the pseudonym Rasca cazuelas.
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Key facts
- 2005
- Al-Gharafa
- 2006
- Herediano
- 2007
- FC Tokyo
- 2018
- Cartaginés
- 2021
- Pérez Zeledón
- 2025
- Deportivo Saprissa
- Full name
- Paulo César Wanchope Watson
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-07-31 ) 31 July 1976 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Heredia, Costa Rica
- Height
- 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1993 1997
- Herediano
- 1997 1999
- Derby County
- 1999 2000
- West Ham United
- 2000 2004
- Manchester City
- 2004 2005
- Málaga
- 1996 2008
- Costa Rica
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paulo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Costa Rica
- Place of birth
- Heredia
- Father
- Vicente Wanchope
- Sibling
- Javier Wanchope
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Participant in
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Costa Rica national under-20 football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Costa Rica
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Paulo Wanchope 2007 2.jpg
- Height
- 191
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- Commons category
- Paulo Wanchope
- date of birth
- 1976-07-31
- pseudonym
- Rasca cazuelas
- coach of sports team
- C.S. Herediano
- second family name in Spanish name
- Watson
- name in native language
- Paulo César Wanchope Watson
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Encyclopedic overview
Paulo César Wanchope Watson ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawlo wanˈtʃope]; born 31 July 1976), more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican football coach and former professional footballer who last coached Deportivo Saprissa.
As a player he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Derby County, West Ham United and Manchester City. He also had spells in La Liga and Major League Soccer for Málaga and Chicago Fire as well as Herediano, Al-Gharafa, Rosario Central and FC Tokyo. He was capped 73 times by Costa Rica, scoring 45 goals. Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the Costa Rica national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international matches. Having scored against Brazil in 2002 and a brace against Germany in 2006, Wanchope is the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in the FIFA World Cup, a record he shares with Rónald Gómez.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paulo Wanchope” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.