Douglas Esteban Sequeira Solano (Also known as ''El Esqueleto Sequeira'') (born 23 August 1977) is a Costa Rican former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Sequeira started his career in

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by playing for Saprissa in 1995. He moved abroad after the

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to spend time in Europe with

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, who loaned him to then feeder club

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for whom he made his debut in the

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against Emmen on 18 October 1997. In 1999, he signed for two years for German second division side

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alongside compatriot Mínor Díaz, playing 24 matches, before returning to Costa Rica and

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. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

Major League Soccer

He was originally acquired by

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and

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from Saprissa in exchange for

Pablo Brenes Pablo Andrés Brenes Quesada (born 4 August 1982) is a Costa Rican soccer player. Club career Brenes' first team in Major League Soccer (MLS) was the MetroStars, whom he joined from Municipal Pérez Zeledón, Pérez Zeledón in Costa Rica, sig ...

, and was immediately sent to

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for a draft pick, and spent a year with the team. Subsequently, Sequeira ended up at Real Salt Lake but was waived following the 2006 season.

Tromsø

In December 2006, he signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club

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. Sequeira got a good start to his career at Tromsø, scoring the 1–0 winning goal in the 8th minute of his first official match for the club, against

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on 9 April 2007. On 30 July 2009, Sequeira played his last match for Tromsø at Alfheim Stadion. He will return to Costa Rica and Saprissa, after playing against Vålerenga on 9 August 2009. After playing a few more seasons for Saprissa, Sequeira retired in November 2013 and became manager of Saprissa's youth team.

International career

Sequeira has played for the

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on various youth levels, and received his first senior cap in a February 1999

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against

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. Since then he has represented the national team 42 times scoring twice. He played in the

, held in

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, and the

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. FIFA suspended Sequeira for three matches following an incident where he kneed an opponent in the stomach during a 3–0 loss to the United States during qualifying for the

. His final international was an August 2010

against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Sequeira is married to Andrea Borbón and they have a son,

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, and a daughter, Brianna.Douglas Sequeira sueña con entrenar niños tras su retiro
- Al Día His older brother, Alejandro Sequeira played as forward.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sequeira, Douglas 1977 births Living people Footballers from San José, Costa Rica Men's association football defenders Men's association football utility players Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers 2004 Copa América players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Deportivo Saprissa players Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players Karlsruher SC players Chivas USA players Real Salt Lake players Tromsø IL players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Germany Liga FPD players Eerste Divisie players 2. Bundesliga players Major League Soccer players Eliteserien players Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American Games medalists in football