Diego Calvo

{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1991)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Diego Calvo

| image = Diego Calvo July 2016.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Calvo with Saprissa in 2016

| fullname = Diego Gerardo Calvo Fonseca

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = San José, Costa Rica

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Alajuelense

| caps1 = 55

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Vålerenga

| caps2 = 34

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2014

| clubs3 = → IFK Göteborg (loan)

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2015

| clubs4 = Alajuelense

| caps4 = 31

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2016–2017

| clubs5 = Saprissa

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2016

| clubs6 = → Pérez Zeledón (loan)

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = Cartaginés

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2017

| clubs8 = Pérez Zeledón

| caps8 = 12

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2017

| clubs9 = Real Monarchs

| caps9 = 5

| goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 21 October 2017 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 10 June 2014

}}

{{family name hatnote|Calvo|Fonseca|lang=Spanish}}

Diego Gerardo Calvo Fonseca ({{IPA|es|ˈdjeɣo ˈkalβo}}; born 25 March 1991) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Club career

A leftsided winger, Calvo started his career at Alajuelense and joined Vålerenga in March 2013 to play alongside compatriot Giancarlo González.[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Diego-Calvo-deja-Alajuelense-Noruega_0_1329667030.html Diego Calvo deja Alajuelense para ir a Noruega] - Nación {{in lang|es}} On 11 August 2014, he was loaned out to IFK Göteborg.{{cite web | url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2014/Augusti/VM-spelare-till-IFK-Goteborg/ | title=VM-spelare till IFK Göteborg | publisher=IFK Göteborg | date=11 August 2014 | accessdate=11 August 2014 | language=Swedish | archive-date=24 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041528/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2014/Augusti/VM-spelare-till-IFK-Goteborg/ | url-status=dead }}

International

Calvo played for his country at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica on 22 March 2013 against the United States in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Colorado{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/23/nc-america/wc-qualifying-concacaf/united-states-of-america/costa-rica/1409567/|title=United States vs. Costa Rica - 23 March 2013 - Soccerway}} and has, as of January 2014, earned a total of 8 caps, scoring one goal. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.{{FIFA player|336837}}

=International goals=

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

class="wikitable"
GoalDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
126 March 2013San José, Costa Rica{{fb|JAM}}2–02014 World Cup qualifier

References

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