Álvaro Zamora

Costa Rican footballer (born 2002)

Álvaro Zamora
Personal information
Full name Álvaro José Zamora Mata[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Aris
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2017 Alajuelense
2017–2019 Orlando City
2019–2020 Herediano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Herediano 0 (0)
2020 → Municipal Grecia (loan) 2 (0)
2021 Pérez Zeledón 4 (0)
2021–2023 Deportivo Saprissa 44 (4)
2023– Aris 18 (3)
International career
2023– Costa Rica U23 1 (0)
2022– Costa Rica 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:22, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Álvaro José Zamora Mata (born 9 March 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club Aris and the Costa Rica national team.

Club career

Aris

On 9 July 2023, Aris reached an agreement with Deportivo Saprissa for the purchase of 60% of Zamora's rights. [2] Five days later, the greek club officially announced the signing of Zamora on a five-year contract. [3] On 3 September 2023, he scored his first goal for his new club in a 3–2 home win against Asteras Tripoli. [4]

International career

Zamora made his national team debut for the Costa Rica national team in a friendly against South Korea on 23 September 2022. He came in as a substitute for Gerson Torres at half-time.[5]

He was called up to the final 26-man Costa Rice squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Άρης: Συμφώνησε με την Σαπρίσα για τον Ζαμόρα σύμφωνα με δημοσιογράφο από την Κόστα Ρίκα" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Άρης Μεταγραφές: Ανακοινώθηκε η απόκτηση του Ζαμόρα" (in Greek). Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Άρης - Αστέρας 3-2: Πρώτη νίκη για τους κίτρινους στο ντεμπούτο του Μάντζιου" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ "South Korea vs. Costa Rica". ESPN. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Suárez eligió a sus 26 jugadores para la aventura mundialista en Catar" [Suarez chooses 26 players for the Qatar World Cup adventure]. FCRF (in Spanish). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

External links

  • Álvaro Zamora at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Álvaro Zamora at Soccerway
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