Leonardo Ly Rojas (born March 14, 1985) is a
Costa Rica
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footballer
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who currently plays for
UCR.
His ancestors came from China. His last name Ly in Chinese is
æŽ.
Club career
Ly played with
Municipal Liberia
Asociación Deportiva Municipal Liberia is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Liga FPD. The team is based in Liberia, Guanacaste. Their home stadium is the Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño.
History
Founded on 7 June 1977, four year ...
and
Barrio México prior to signing with the
Puerto Rico Islanders
The Puerto Rico Islanders were a professional association football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. They played in several different leagues from 2004 to 2012, when they suspended operations. In their last two seasons they played in the Nort ...
of the
North American Soccer League
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to
1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...
in 2011. He made his NASL debut on April 9, 2011 in a game against the
Carolina RailHawks
North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks.
On December 6, 2016, the RailH ...
. He returned to Costa Rica to play for
San Carlos but was released in November 2012. Nowadays he works a s a physical education teacher for Centro Educativo Nueva Generación.
Mala campaña ya deja varios jugadores fuera de San Carlos
- CRHoy
References
External links
2010-2012 league stats
- Nación
Puerto Rico Islanders bio
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1985 births
Living people
Costa Rican people of Chinese descent
Footballers from San José, Costa Rica
Men's association football midfielders
Costa Rican men's footballers
21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
A.D. Municipal Liberia footballers
Puerto Rico Islanders players
A.D. San Carlos footballers
La U Universitarios footballers
Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players