Johan Alberto Venegas Ulloa (born 27 November 1988) is a Costa Rican professional

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who plays for

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club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team.

Club career

Venegas started his career at

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and had a short loan spell at

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in 2011. He joined

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in 2012, and had a big season with the club scoring 12 goals in 37 appearances. This led to a move to top club Alajuelense in 2013. In his first year for Alajuelense Vanegas quickly established himself as a starter on the club making 34 appearances and scoring 4 goals. The following season, he continued his fine form and ended the season with a career high 13 goals in 38 matches. In July 2015, Venegas joined

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team Montreal Impact, after impressing the Canadian club during the

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. During his time with Montreal, Venegas appeared in 32 league matches and scored two goals. He also made seven appearances during the Playoffs, scoring one goal. On 13 December 2016, Venegas was traded to

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in exchange for Chris Duvall. After spending the 2017 season with Minnesota, the club announced that Venegas would be loaned to Costa Rican side

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for 2018. His contract with Minnesota ended following the 2018 season. On 26 December 2020, Venegas was announced as Alajuelense's new signing.

International career

Venegas made his debut for the Costa Rica national team in the September

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opening match against

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, in which he scored the third goal. He was again on target in his second game against

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, netting Costa Rica's 100th goal in all Copa Centroamerica tournaments in the process. In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Venegas goal.''

Honours

Alajuelense *

: Apertura 2013 Saprissa *

: Clausura 2018, Clausura 2020 *

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Costa Rica *

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Individual *

Golden Ball:

Golden Boot:

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References

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