Danny Fonseca

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Danny Fonseca

| fullname = Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Costa Rica |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}

| image = Danny Fonseca - Cropped.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|11|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cartago, Costa Rica

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Defensive Midfielder

| currentclub = Cartaginés (assistant coach)

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1= Municipal Paraíso

| years1 = 1998–2006

| years2 = 2006–2009

| years3 = 2010–2018

| clubs1 = Cartaginés

| clubs2 = Brujas

| clubs3 = Cartaginés

| caps1 = 273 | goals1 = 35

| caps2 = 116 | goals2 = 9

| caps3 = 264 | goals3 = 14

| totalcaps = 653 | totalgoals = 58

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2008

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps1 = 28 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2018–2021 | managerclubs1 = Cartaginés (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2021 | managerclubs2 = Cartaginés (caretaker)

| manageryears3 = 2024– | managerclubs3 = Cartaginés (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2024– | managerclubs4 = Cartaginés (U20)

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

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Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo (born 7 November 1979) is a Costa Rican professional football coach and a former midfielder. He is an assistant coach with Cartaginés.

Club career

A native of Cartago, Fonseca played the majority of his career at local side Cartaginés. In February 2013 he tied club legend Leonel Hernández for most league games played for the club, with 360.[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/Danny-Fonseca-empatara-Leonel-Hernandez_0_1325867563.html Danny Fonseca empatará récord de Leonel Hernández] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He also had a few seasons at Brujas, but returned to Cartaginés in May 2010.[http://wfnode01.nacion.com/2010-05-07/Deportes/UltimaHora/Deportes2364100.aspx Danny Fonseca vuelve al Cartaginés] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225316/http://wfnode01.nacion.com/2010-05-07/Deportes/UltimaHora/Deportes2364100.aspx |date=2014-07-14 }} - Nación {{in lang|es}}

In October 2013, Fonseca reached 500 league games in the Costa Rican Primera División, the 14th player in the league history to do so.[http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3258:danny-fonseca-entra-al-club-de-los-500&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 Danny Fonseca entra al club de los 500] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223107/http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3258:danny-fonseca-entra-al-club-de-los-500&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 |date=2014-07-14 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}

International career

Fonseca played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria.{{FIFA player|194152}}

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and collected a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was selected as a member of the Costa Rica squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. He was the first player to be booked in the FIFA World Cup 2006 during his country's 4–2 defeat to Germany. Also he played at the 2003[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam03det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426122234/http://rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam03det.html |date=2009-04-26 }} - RSSSF and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam05det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details] - RSSSF as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/05gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024022300/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/05gc-full.html |date=October 24, 2008 }} - RSSSF He was a non-playing squad member at the 2004 Copa América.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2004safull.html Copa América 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022185106/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2004safull.html |date=October 22, 2008 }} - RSSSF

His final international was a January 2008 friendly match 1994 against Iran.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	9 November 2005	Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique	{{fb\|FRA}}	align="center" \| 2–0	align="center" \| 2–3	Friendly match
align="center" \| 2.	1 March 2006	Azadi Stadium, Teheran, Iran	{{fb\|IRN}}	align="center" \| 2–3	align="center" \| 2–3	Friendly match

References

External links

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[http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/futbol/campeonato2006-2007/stats/jugador2007.jsp?opcion=1&codigo=91&camp=4 Nacion profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228143753/http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/futbol/campeonato2006-2007/stats/jugador2007.jsp?opcion=1&codigo=91&camp=4 |date=2007-12-28 }} {{in lang|es}}

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