Kurt Bernard Simpson (born December 8, 1977) is a Costa Rican former professional

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who played as a forward. He was the top scorer in the Costa Rican league in the 2005–06 season.

Club career

He started his career with hometown club Limonense and later played for Santos de Guápiles, Herediano,

Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which comprises the Puntarenas, Chacarita and El Roble districts. A ...

, before rejoining his first club, the renamed

Limón Limón (), also known as Puerto Limón, is the capital city of both the province and canton of the same name. One of Costa Rica's seven "middle cities" (i.e., main cities outside of San José's Greater Metropolitan Area), Limón has a populat ...

. He is the only player who is the all-time club top goalscorer of two different teams in Costa Rica, scoring 40 for Puntarenas and 57 for Limon as of September 2013. By November 2013, he had scored 117 goals in the Costa Rican Premier Division.

International career

Bernard made his debut for

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in a February 2006

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against

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and has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country at the

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and played at the

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial association football, football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. I ...

.UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details
- RSSSF His final international was a February

match against

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International goals

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

References

External links

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Kurt Bernard profile - Nacion.com
1977 births Living people Footballers from Limón Province Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Costa Rican people of Jamaican descent 2006 FIFA World Cup players Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers C.S. Herediano footballers Puntarenas F.C. players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub