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Full name | Bernald Alfaro Alfaro | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cartaginés | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Carmelita | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2022 | Carmelita | 86 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | → Alajuelense (loan) | 117 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Cartaginés | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Costa Rica U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Costa Rica U21 | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | Costa Rica U23 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Costa Rica | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2021 |
Bernald Alfaro Alfaro (born 26 January 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga FPD club Cartaginés and the Costa Rica national team. [1]
A youth academy graduate of Carmelita, Alfaro made his professional debut on 6 May 2015 in a 2–3 league defeat against Saprissa. [2] On 23 May 2019, Alajuelense announced the loan signing of Alfaro for three seasons. [3] In February 2020, he extended his loan contract with the club until June 2024. [4]
Alfaro has represented Costa Rica at different age level tournaments. He was part of Costa Rica U20 team for 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [5] He was also part of the team which won silver medal at the 2017 Central American Games. [6]
On 1 February 2020, Alfaro made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a 0–1 friendly loss against United States. [7]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Costa Rica | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |