Alejandro Sequeira

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Template:Family name hatnote Giovanni Alejandro Sequeira Solano (born 27 April 1975) is a Costa Rican retired international footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Sequeira began his professional career in 1995 with Saprissa, and has played in Costa Rica for Santa Bárbara,[1] Cartaginés, Brujas and Carmelita, in Guatemala for Cobán Imperial,[2] in the United States for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[3] and the San Jose Clash,[4] in Greece for Proodeftiki[5] and in El Salvador for Águila.[6]

He returned to Saprissa in January 2010[7] and joined Orión Desamparados in May 2011[8] to finish his career there in July 2011.[9]

With Saprissa, he became the league's goalscorer of the 2010 Verano season.[10] He had already scored his 100th Costa Rica Primera División goal a year before, when with Ramonense[11] and ended up with 130 goals.[12]

International career

Sequeira made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 1999 friendly match against Ecuador[13] and earned his second and final cap 10 years later with a September 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.[14]

Personal life

Sequeira is married to Mileska Marín and they have two sons, Alejandro and Sebastián.[15] In 2006, he overcame alcoholism after his wife threatened to divorce him.[16]

His brother Douglas Sequeira also played for the national team.

References

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