Cristhian Lagos Navarro (born 17 August 1984Goleador de Turrialba salió de las bananeras de Siquirres Las adversidades son el motor de Cristian Lagos
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for A.D. Carmelita.

Club career

Early years

Born in Puntarenas Province, Lagos' parents decided to move to Limón where Cristhian went to school and worked in banana plantations. Only at 22 years of age he was offered the possibility to join second division side Turrialba. Lagos subsequently started his professional career at Turrialba before moving to Brujas in 2010. He joined Alajuelense on loan in February 2011

Deportivo Saprissa

On December 14, 2012 Lagos signed with

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. The team's signature colours are purple ...

. He made his debut in a 2–1 loss against San Carlos. On February 10 Lagos scored his first goal with the club in a 2–2 tie against Puntarenas. In August 2013 he returned to Santos.

Churchill Brothers

On 27 December 2013 it was announced that Lagos had signed for

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of the

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. On 11 March 2014, Lagos scored brace in

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match against Maldives side

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in which Churchill Brothers won 3–0.

Back to Costa Rica

In June 2014 he returned to Santos de Guápiles, claiming the Indian side broke his contract by only paying him one month wages. He played for the club until the summer 2019, where he joined

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. In 2020, he returned to his first club,

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.Cristhian Lagos: el goleador del fútbol de Costa Rica que ahora es mantenido por aficionados
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International career

A tall striker, Lagos was called for the Costa Rica national team in October for the

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against

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and

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but did not appear in either of the two matches. Lagos made his debut in a 1–1 draw against

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on November 14, 2012. Lagos scored his first goal with the national team in a 2–0 victory against Nicaragua in the Copa Centroamericana. :'' Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

References

Cristian Lagos jugará a préstamo en el Xelajú de Guatemala
�� crhoy.com, 23 December 2015

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