Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro (born 15 March 1970 in

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) is a Costa Rican former

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who finished his career at Xelajú in Guatemala's top division. He is a naturalized citizen of Guatemala.

Club career

Born in La Francia de Siquirres,Trayectoria bajo el marco
- Al Día Patterson has spent part of his playing career in Costa Rica, but he has spent most of it in Guatemala with Xelajú. He made his debut in 1989 at Limonense and played 113 matches, scoring three goals when also deployed as a striker, for Limonense, Turrialba and Puntarenas,Optimista en Cartago Patterson quiere pulir su nombre
- Nación before moving abroad to play in Guatemala with Xelajú and Cobán Imperial. He joined Cartaginés in January 2002 and moved to Ramonense in 2003. In the summer of 2004, Patterson returned to Xelajú. Patterson signed for San Carlos in January 2008 from Guatemalan side Xelajú, only for him to disappear from the club three weeks later. He ended up playing in Guatemala again for Heredia Jaguares. He signed again for Xelaju from Heredia in June 2009. In May 2011 he returned for another spell at ''Xela'' after a season at Xinabajul, only to send him to Coatepeque for the 2011 Apertura season. In 2012, the 42-year-old Patterson returned to playing for Xelajú and saved three penalties in the 2012 Clausura final against

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for Xelajú to clinch the league title and Patterson's third title with the club after 1996 and 2007. This victory also qualified the club to the

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, which marked only their third appearance in an international competition. On 21 August 2012, Patterson saved three shots and kept a clean-sheet in a 1–0 victory over

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, one of the best teams in Mexico. In the away fixture on 25 October, Xelajú lost 2–1, but still managed to top the group on head-to-head away goals, thus becoming just the second Guatemalan team to ever advance to the quarterfinals. Patterson started in both legs of the quarterfinals, which ended in a 2–4 aggregate loss to

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, the latter of which on 12 March 2013, and in doing so at the age of 43 years and 32 days, he became the oldest player in the competition's history. Patterson retired in June 2013, at 43 years of age.

Goalscoring

As of April 2007, Patterson had scored 24 league goals and two in the Guatemalan Cup. In November 2009, he was ranked 8th of goalkeepers who had scored most goals by the

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with 28 goals in total and in February 2013 he ranked 7th with 35 goals.

International career

Patterson made his debut for

in a July

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third-place match against

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. The game proved to be his only cap since he never played again for the ''Ticos''.

Style of play

Patterson can be unorthodox, but he also looks like he thrives under pressure.

References

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- Xelaju * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Fernando 1970 births Living people Footballers from Limón Province Naturalized citizens of Guatemala Costa Rican emigrants to Guatemala Men's association football goalkeepers Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Guatemalan men's footballers Puntarenas F.C. players C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players A.D. Ramonense players C.S.D. Xelajú MC players C.S. Cartaginés players A.D. San Carlos footballers Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players