Gustavo Julio Alfaro (born 14 August 1962) is an Argentine former footballer and currently a manager for Ecuador national football team.
Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was captain of the Atlético de Rafaela, with which he won promotion to the Argentine Primera División in 1989. Alfaro retired from football in 1992 to concentrate on his coaching career. He won his first league title with Arsenal de Sarandí in the 2012 Clausura.<\/P>","EC0A9CD40A79F4A7":"1","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"381","6BCA2519085BAC06":"
First international FIFA World Cup The Costa Rica national football team is a national association football team of Costa Rica. It is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUTBOL), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. They have been a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) since 1927, a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) since 1961, and a member of the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) since 1990.
<\/STRONG>Costa Rica 7–0 El Salvador (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest win
<\/STRONG>Costa Rica 12-0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; 10 December 1946)
Biggest defeat
<\/STRONG>Mexico 7-0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; 17 August 1975)
World Cup
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 6 (first in 1990)
Best result: Quarter-finals: 2014
Gold Cup
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 20 (first in 1963)
Best result: Champions: 1963, 1969, 1989
Copa America
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 5 (first in 1997)
Best result: Quarter-finals: 2001, 2004
Nations League Finals
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 14 (first in 2021)
Best result: Fourth place (2021)
Most caps
<\/STRONG>Celso Borges (155)
Top scorer
<\/STRONG>Rolando Fonseca (47)<\/P>","5D60482112F81397E864AECB05D29C32":"
<\/STRONG>Quarter-finals: 2014
CONCACAF Championship \/ Gold Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1963, 1969, 1989
Runners-up: 2002
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Olimpo<\/STRONG>
Primera B Nacional (1): 2001 Apertura
Quilmes<\/STRONG>
Primera B Nacional (1): 2003
Arsenal<\/STRONG>
Copa Sudamericana (1): 2007
Argentine Primera Division (1): 2012 Clausura
Copa Argentina (1): 2012–13
Boca Juniors<\/STRONG>
Supercopa Argentina: 2018
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Costa Rica is the most successful national football team in the history of Central America. They have won three CONCACAF Championships (1963, 1969 and 1989) and a leading with eight championships in the Copa Centroamericana and its predecessor. Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in four FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.
Since the late 1980s, the team has continuously been visible as a solidly competitive side, with a prominent performance in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, making it to the knockout stage in their debut after finishing second in their group during the first phase, below Brazil. They also qualified for the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.
In 2014, Costa Rica achieved their best performance in history by finishing first in their group that consisted of three former World Cup champions: Uruguay, Italy, and England. During the round 16 they defeated Greece 5–3 via a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Moreover, during their match against the Greek team, Keylor Navas saved more than 15 shots. They reached the quarter-finals for the first time but were defeated by the Netherlands, also in a penalty shoot-out (3–4) after a scoreless draw on 5 July.[4][5] Their 2018 World Cup campaign ended in a fourth place group stage exit, with their only point coming from a 2–2 draw against Switzerland.<\/P>","e_index":5};