Randall Azofeifa Corrales (born 30 December 1984) is a Costa Rican
football midfielder
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who currently plays for
Sporting San José
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.
Club career
Azofeifa won two national championship, the
UNCAF Nations Cup title and a
CONCACAF Champions Cup
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title with
Deportivo Saprissa
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. He participated in the 2005
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, where he played a key role in helping them to finish in third place, behind
São Paulo
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and
Liverpool
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. Azofeifa joined Belgian
Jupiler League club
Gent
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in 2006.
Turkey
In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team
Gençlerbirliği at a transfer price of 1.6 million Euros and in May 2013 he moved on to
Kayseri Erciyesspor
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History
In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that w ...
.
In September 2014, Azofeifa returned to Costa Rica to play for
Uruguay Coronado
and in January 2015 he joined
Herediano.
International career
Azofeifa played at the
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
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held in
Trinidad and Tobago
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.
As of January 2014, Azofeifa has made 35 appearances for the senior
Costa Rica national football team
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, including qualifying matches for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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and
2010 FIFA World Cup
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.
He made one appearance for Costa Rica at the
2006 World Cup
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.
Azofeifa appeared in four matches at the
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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.
In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's
23 man squad for the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in Russia.
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Honours
; K.A.A. Gent
*
Belgian Cup
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: 2009–10 Belgian Cup, 2009–10
Career statistics
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.''
References
External links
*
1984 births
Living people
Footballers from San José, Costa Rica
Association football midfielders
Costa Rican footballers
Costa Rica international footballers
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Copa América Centenario players
2017 Copa Centroamericana players
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Deportivo Saprissa players
K.A.A. Gent players
Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers
C.S. Herediano footballers
Liga FPD players
Belgian Pro League players
Süper Lig players
Costa Rican expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
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