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{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Wallace|McDonald|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name         = Harold Wallace
| fullname     = Harold Wallace McDonald
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Heredia, Costa Rica|Heredia]], [[Costa Rica]]
| height       = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub  = 
| position     = [[Right-back]] / [[Central midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1993–1994 
| years2 = 1994–1995 
| years3 = 1995 
| years4 = 1995–2002 
| years5 = 2002–2003 
| years6 = 2003–2008 
| years7 = 2008–2010
| clubs1 = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]     | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 1
| clubs2 = [[A.D. Belén|Belén]]                | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = [[Zacatepec]]                       | caps3 = 6  | goals3 = 0
| clubs4 = [[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]    | caps4 = 268| goals4 = 15
| clubs5 = → [[San Luis F.C.|San Luis]] (loan) | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 2
| clubs6 = [[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]    | caps6 = 156| goals6 = 8
| clubs7 = [[Municipal Liberia|Liberia Mía]]   | caps7 = 51 | goals7 = 3
| totalcaps = 539
| totalgoals = 29 
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2009
| nationalteam1 = [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]
| nationalcaps1 = 101  
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = 2014–
| managerclubs1 = [[Costa Rica national under-20 football team|Costa Rica U-20]]
}}

'''Harold Wallace McDonald''' (born September 7, 1975)<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/julio/21/deportes2033427.html Datos de Harold Harold Wallace Mc Donald] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> is a Costa Rican former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right-back]] and [[central midfielder]].

==Club career==
He started his career with [[Deportivo Saprissa]], being part of their minor league system. After a season with Saprissa and then [[A.D. Belén|Belén]], he was transferred alongside compatriot [[Jewisson Bennett]] to [[Zacatepec]],<ref>[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Elias-Aguilar-ilusion-club-Zacatepec_0_1361063938.html Elías Aguilar ve con ilusión ser del club Zacatepec] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> of Mexico's professional football league. He then came back and signed with Saprissa's arch-rivals [[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]], earning a place in the starting line-up really quick and remained with the team for 7 years. From 2002, he spent a year on loan playing for [[San Luis F.C.|San Luis]] in the [[Mexican Primera División]]<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2002/julio/16/deportivas2.html Tico Harold Wallace jugará en el futbol mexicano] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> before making a second return to Alajuelense.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Diario al Dia|author=Aguilar, Alejandro|title=Hárold se llenó de fe|trans-title=Hárold was filled with faith|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2006/mayo/21/ovacion7.html|language=Spanish|date=21 May 2006}}</ref> He later withdraw a lawsuit against his club, after claiming part of the transfer fee paid by San Luis to Alajuelense.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2004/febrero/04/deportes9.html Reclamo contra la Liga Wallace baja el tono] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> He would end up playing a total of 424 league games and 80 international games for ''Liga''.<ref>[http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2477:los-caudillos-de-la-alineacion-rojinegra&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 Los caudillos de la alineación rojinegra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055752/http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2477:los-caudillos-de-la-alineacion-rojinegra&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 |date=2016-08-26 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In summer 2008 Wallace joined other high-profile players at ambitious [[Municipal Liberia|Liberia Mía]]<ref>[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2008/julio/17/ovacion1623432.html Liberia atrae a “grandes”] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}</ref> and he retired in summer 2010 after playing his final two seasons at the then renamed [[Municipal Liberia|Águilas Guanacastecas]].<ref>[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Wallace-da-paso-banquillo_0_1137486259.html Wallace aún no da el paso al banquillo] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==International career==
Wallace was a member of Costa Rica's youth national teams, playing in the [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship]] finals in the [[Qatar]].<ref name=FIFA>{{FIFA player|154798}}</ref>

He made his senior debut for [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] in a September 1995 [[friendly match]] against [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]]<ref name=100juegos/> and earned a total of 101 caps, scoring 3 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/hwallace-intl.html Harold Wallace - Century of International Appearances] - RSSSF</ref> He represented his country in 28 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches<ref name=FIFA/> and played in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]s.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Diario al Dia|title=Semblanzas: Hárold Wallace MacDonald|trans-title=Portraits: Hárold Wallace MacDonald|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2006/mayo/21/ovacion12.html|language=Spanish|date=21 May 2006}}</ref> He also played at two [[Copa América]] tournaments, four [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]s and three [[UNCAF Nations Cup]]s.

His final international was an August 2009 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], after reaching a century of caps in his previous game against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]].<ref name=100juegos>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/julio/21/deportes2033371.html Wallace llegará a 100 juegos] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 13 February 2000 || [[Qualcomm Stadium]], [[San Diego]], United States || {{fb|CAN}} || '''2'''–1 || 2–2 || [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 2. || 4 February 2007 || [[Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto]], [[Alajuela]], [[Costa Rica]] || {{fb|TRI}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–0 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 3. || 16 February 2007 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|SLV}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–0 || [[2007 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|}

==Managerial career==
In July 2014, Wallace and Pablo Sanz took the reins of the [[Costa Rica national under-20 football team]] after coach Rónald "Macho" Mora was sacked.<ref>[http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/seleccion/Ronald-Mora-Seleccion-Nacional-Sub-20_0_395360463.html Selección Sub-20 Harold Wallace: ‘Ya se había acabado la empatía entre Ronald Mora y los jugadores’] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Medio Tiempo|harold-wallace}}
* {{NFT player|pid=1621}}

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{{Costa Rica squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Costa Rica squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{Costa Rica squad 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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