Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a

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who currently plays for Belén.

Club career

He lost the Second Division championship final in May 2005 with Fusión Tibás. In August 2008 Furtado signed a 4-month contract with Chinese side

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. He played in the CONCACAF's Champions League 2008-09, with Marathón of Honduras. In January 2009 he moved to Herediano on loan. After returning to Marathón, Furtado was banned from football by the Costa Rica football federation in September 2009, after being tested positive for betamethasone. In May 2011 he resumed playing when he was snapped up by Guatemalan outfit

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

. In January 2012, he returned to Costa Rica to play for

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and in Summer 2012, he joined Belén. In summer 2013 he left Belén but was denied by Santos due to physical problems.

International career

Furtado made his debut for

in a February 2007

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against

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and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 5 goals. He represented his country in 2

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matches and played at the

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and

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, where he scored the 2 winning goals over Panama on the 6' and 15' minute, which made Costa Rica win 3-0.Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details
- RSSSF His final international was an April 2009

match against

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* * 1980 births Living people Footballers from Limón Province Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Costa Rica men's international footballers Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers A.D. San Carlos footballers C.D. Marathón players C.S. Herediano footballers Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Comunicaciones F.C. players Belén F.C. players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Liga FPD players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Doping cases in association football {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub