Geovanny Jara Granados (born July 20, 1967) is a Costa Rican former
football
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player.
Club career
Herediano
Jara made his debut for Herediano and played 422 league matches for them, a club record behind
Germán Chavarría
Germán José Chavarría Jiménez (born 19 March 1959) is a retired Costa Rican football player who currently is an assistant coach for Herediano.
Club career
Chavarría made his professional debut for Herediano on 12 November 1978 against ...
and
Marvin Obando
Marvin Obando Obando (born 4 April 1960 in Puntarenas Province) is a former Costa Rican football player who played most of his career for Herediano.
Born in Palmar Sur,En el Herediano el record se llama Germán Chavarría - UNAFUT He totalled 452 matches including cup and international games. In summer 2004 he left the club after 18 seasons after only being offered a six-month contract extension. In 2008 Jara sued Herediano for outstanding payments and interests.
He was dismissed by Puntarenas in November 2004 and joined Belén in January 2005 only to move on to Ramonense later that year.
In October 2002, he was reported as the most sent off-player of the Costa Rican league since 1970 with 23 expulsions.
International career
He was part of the national team squad, that played in the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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held in
Italy
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but he did not play in any game, reportedly because he was dating the Italian daughter of the owner of the hotel where they stayed and who tempted him to go out at night. He made his debut in a May 1990 Marlboro Cup match against
Poland
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and collected 11 caps, scoring no goals for the ''Ticos''. He played his final international on March 27, 2002 against
Morocco
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, averaging only 1 international per year. Jara also represented Costa Rica at the
1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
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as well as in the
1997 Copa América
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In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to br ...
, playing against Colombia on June 16, 1997.
Also, he featured in the Costa Rica national team in the 1992
FIFA Futsal World Championship
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.
Personal life
He is a son of Miriam Granados and brother of Herediano and national team hero Claudio Jara.