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Moving from Category:Sportspeople from Limón Province to Category:Footballers from Limón Province using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (1953–2007)}}
{{family name hatnote|Toppings|Toppings|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carlos Toppings
| fullname = Carlos Nicanor Toppings Toppings
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1953|4|7}}
| birth_place = [[Limón]], Costa Rica
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|8|24|1953|4|7}}
| death_place = [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], Costa Rica
| height =
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1974–1978 | clubs1 = [[Asociacion Deportiva Limonense|Limonense]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1978–1983 | clubs2 = [[Puntarenas F.C.|Municipal Puntarenas]] | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1984 | clubs3 = [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1985–1987 | clubs4 = [[Puntarenas F.C.|Municipal Puntarenas]] | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1987 | clubs5 = [[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]] | caps5 = | goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1984
| nationalteam1 = [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]
| nationalcaps1 = 32
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}

''' Carlos Nicanor Toppings Toppings ''' (7 April 1953{{snd}}24 August 2007) was a [[Costa Rica]]n professional [[association football|footballer]].

==Club career==
Born in the Caribbean coastal town Limón,<ref name="Obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/agosto/24/obituario1214395.html|publisher=Nacion.com|title=Obituario - Carlos Toppings|date=24 August 2007}}</ref> Toppings made his professional debut in 1974<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/agosto/24/obituario1214395.html Exfutbolista costarricense Carlos Toppings Un fino artista del balón] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> for hometown club [[Asociacion Deportiva Limonense|Limonense]] and had a lengthy spell at [[Puntarenas F.C.|Municipal Puntarenas]]. He also had short stints at [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] and [[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]].

Toppings won the 1986 [[Primera Division de Costa Rica]] title with Puntarenas.<ref name="Obit" />

==International career==
Toppings made 32 appearances for the full [[Costa Rica national football team]] from 1979 to 1984.<ref name="Obit" /><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html Appearances for Costa Rica National Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706072055/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html |date=6 July 2009 }} - RSSSF</ref> He also played at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{FIFA player|199801|Carlos Toppings}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/carlos-toppings-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/carlos-toppings-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|title=Carlos Toppings|accessdate=10 November 2008}}</ref>

==Retirement and death==
After retiring as a player he worked at a customs agency in Limón harbour.<ref name="Obit" /> He was unmarried but had a daughter, Violeta, and died in [[San José, Costa Rica]], aged 54<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/agosto/27/deportes1217768.html Breve historial de Carlos Toppings ¿Nos gustaría conocer un historial del exfutbolista Carlos Toppings, quien falleció el 19 de agosto?] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> due to a lung problem.<ref>[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2007/agosto/21/ovacion1211091.html Toppings dijo adiós] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=55509}}

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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Limón Province]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Costa Rican men's footballers]]
[[Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Puntarenas F.C. players]]
[[Category:C.S. Herediano footballers]]
[[Category:A.D. San Carlos footballers]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung disease]]

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Carlos Toppings - Revision history

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