Christopher Meneses Barrantes (born May 2, 1990) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for
Sporting San José.
Club career
Meneses came through the youth ranks of
Alajuelense
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...
for whom he made his senior debut in 2008. In summer 2013 he joined Swedish side
IFK Norrköping
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...
. After a year and a half with Norrköping they declared in April 2015 that Meneses was free to leave the club after they had reached an agreement that he needed to restart his career somewhere else. In 2015, he returned to Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.
On 13 December 2021, Meneses signed with
Sporting San José.
International career
Meneses made his debut for
Costa Rica
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in an August 2010
friendly match
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against
Paraguay
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and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 2
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments ar ...
matches
and played at the
2013 Copa Centroamericana
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and the
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The competition began on July 7, 2013, at the ...
.
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2013
- RSSSF
References
External links
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Profile
- Norrköping
1990 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
Costa Rican men's footballers
21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
Costa Rica men's international footballers
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers
Liga FPD players
IFK Norrköping players
Allsvenskan players
Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers
Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
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