Keysher Fuller
{{short description|Costa Rican football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Fuller|Spence|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Keysher Fuller
| fullname = Keysher Fuller Spence{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC) |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}
| image = Keysher Fuller (2020).jpg
| caption = Fuller in 2020
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|07|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Limón, Costa Rica{{Soccerway|keysher-fuller-spence/493777|access-date=29 May 2021}}
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = C.S. Cartaginés
| clubnumber = 37
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = Generación Saprissa Tibas
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = Uruguay de Coronado
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Municipal Grecia
| caps3 = 38
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2018–2024
| clubs4 = Herediano
| caps4 = 181
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2024-
| clubs5 = Cartaginés
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica
| nationalcaps1 = 37
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| club-update = 12:41, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 14:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
}}
Keysher Fuller Spence (born 12 July 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga FPD club C.S. Cartaginés and the Costa Rica national team.{{NFT player|73502}}
Fuller made his debut for the senior Costa Rica national team at Avaya Stadium on 2 February 2019 against the United States.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/02/02/world/friendlies/united-states-of-america/costa-rica/2937422/|title=United States vs. Costa Rica - 2 February 2019 - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}
Club career
From Limón, Fuller was in the Deportivo Saprissa youth academy. Fuller made his debut in the Second Division reserve team in January 2012. In 2016 he went to C.S. Uruguay de Coronado and a season later to Municipal Grecia where he become one a first team regular during the 2017-18 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diarioextra.com/Noticia/detalle/334436/grecia-se-carga--de-veteranos|title=Greece is loaded with veterans|website=diorioextra.com}} His form for Municipal Grecia led to C.S. Herediano acquiring his services in March 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-costa-rica/76-futbol-nacional/39838-herediano-ataca-el-mercado-y-ficha-a-keysher-fuller-de-grecia|title=Herediano attacks the market and signs Keysher Fuller from Greece|website=Evaradoherrera.com|access-date=27 November 2022|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125011314/https://everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-costa-rica/76-futbol-nacional/39838-herediano-ataca-el-mercado-y-ficha-a-keysher-fuller-de-grecia|url-status=dead}} In his first season with Herediano he won the CONCACAF League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/futbol-nacional/herediano-sufre-en-honduras-pero-es-campeon-de/N5WHU25BFJG2PLZ32EJNOGKF34/story/|title=Herediano suffers in Honduras, but is the Concacaf League champion|website=nacion.com}}
In August 2024, he signed for C.S. Cartaginés.{{cite web|url= https://sinartdigital.com/deportivasdeltrece/futbolnacional/item/fuller-se-viste-de-blanquiazul|website=Sinartdigital.com|accessdate=29 November 2024|title= Fuller wears blue and white|first=Gerardo|last=Coto|date=August 19, 2024}}
International career
Born in Costa Rica, Fuller is of Jamaican descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsqNSuRu2rQ|title=How many players of Jamaican Heritage will be at the World Cup?|via=www.youtube.com}} He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a friendly against the United States on February 2, 2019. The next month on March 27 he scored his first international goal in a 1-0 win over Jamaica.{{Cite web|url=https://everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-costa-rica-seleccion-nacional/67-seleccion/51845-una-costa-rica-sin-mucha-mejoria-vence-1-0-a-jamaica|title=Una Costa Rica sin mucha mejoría vence 1-0 a Jamaica|website=Everadoherrera.com|access-date=27 November 2022|archive-date=13 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113232908/https://everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-costa-rica-seleccion-nacional/67-seleccion/51845-una-costa-rica-sin-mucha-mejoria-vence-1-0-a-jamaica|url-status=dead}} Fuller also represented Costa Rica at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{cite web|url=https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/07/18/2021-gold-cup-squads-for-every-team/|date=July 17, 2021|title=2021 Gold Cup squads for every team|first=Andy|last=Edwards}}
In November 2022, Fuller was named to the Costa Rican squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/costa-rica-squad-list-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022|title=Suarez names Costa Rica squad for Qatar 2022}} In Costa Rica's second group stage match on November 27, he scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory over Japan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63692163|title=World Cup 2022: Japan 0-1 Costa Rica - Keysher Fuller earns shock win|work=BBC Sport }}
=International goals=
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Keysher Fuller | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 27 March 2019 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | {{fb|JAM}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 13 October 2021 | Lower.com Field, Columbus, United States | {{fb|USA}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|3 | 27 November 2022 | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar | {{fb|JAP}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Herediano
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|493777}}
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Category:Costa Rican men's footballers
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Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
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