Paulo Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope (born 31 July 1976) is a former Costa Rican football player. He has played for Costa Rica national team.

Paulo Wanchope

Wanchope with Tokyo in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Pablo César Wanchope Watson[1]
Date of birth	(1976-07-31) 31 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Heredia, Costa Rica
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Herediano	14	(20)
1997–1999	Derby County	72	(23)
1999–2000	West Ham United	35	(12)
2000–2004	Manchester City	64	(27)
2004–2005	Málaga	25	(6)
2005	Al-Gharafa	6	(1)
2006	Herediano	10	(3)
2006	Rosario Central	14	(5)
2007	FC Tokyo	11	(3)
2007	Chicago Fire	12	(2)
Total		264	(102)
National team
1996–2008	Costa Rica	73	(45)
Teams managed
2008–2009	Herediano
2010–2011	Uruguay Coronado
2010–2014	Costa Rica (assistant)
2014–2015	Costa Rica
2018	C.S. Cartaginés
2018	Herediano
2021	Pérez Zeledón
2022–	C.S. Cartaginés
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Derby County	1996–97	Premier League	5	1	0	0	0	0	—		5	1
	1997–98		32	13	2	0	4	4	—		38	17
	1998–99		35	9	2	0	3	1	—		40	10
	Total		72	23	4	0	7	5	0	0	83	28
West Ham United	1999–2000	Premier League	35	12	1	0	3	0	8	3	47	15
Manchester City	2000–01	Premier League	27	9	1	0	3	1	—		31	10
	2001–02	First Division	15	12	2	1	1	0	—		18	13
	2002–03	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2003–04		22	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	26	6
	Total		64	27	3	1	4	1	4	0	75	29
Málaga	2004–05	La Liga	25	6			—		—		25	6
Al-Gharafa	2005–06	Qatar Stars League	6	1					—		6	1
Herediano	2005–06	Liga FPD	10	3	—		—		—		10	3
Rosario Central	2006–07	Primera División	14	5			—		—		14	5
FC Tokyo	2007	J1 League	12	2	—		4	1	—		16	3
Chicago Fire	2007	Major League Soccer	12	2	0	0	1	0	—		13	2
Career total			250	81	8	1	19	7	12	3	289	92

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Costa Rica	1996	7	3
	1997	7	6
	1998	2	4
	1999	5	2
	2000	12	7
	2001	11	10
	2002	7	3
	2003	1	0
	2004	6	5
	2005	9	3
	2006	5	2
	2007	0	0
	2008	1	0
Total		73	45

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wanchope goal.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Paulo Wanchope

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 December 1996	San José, Costa Rica	United States		2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	21 December 1996	Cartago, Costa Rica	Trinidad and Tobago		2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3
4	9 March 1997	San José, Costa Rica	Cameroon		5–0	Friendly
5
6
7	11 May 1997	San José, Costa Rica	Jamaica		3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
8
9	9 November 1997	Mexico DF, Mexico	Mexico		3–3	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	4 February 1998	Oakland, United States	Cuba		7–2	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
11
12
13
14	17 March 1999	San José, Costa Rica	Belize		7–0	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
15	28 March 1999	San José, Costa Rica	El Salvador		4–0	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
16	17 February 2000	Los Angeles, United States	South Korea		2–2	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
17	20 February 2000	San Diego, United States	Trinidad and Tobago		1–2	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup (goal contested with W Sunsing[4][5])
18	1 July 2000	Alajuela, Costa Rica	Panama		5–1	Friendly
19	9 July 2000	San José, Costa Rica	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		7–1	Friendly
20
21	15 August 2000	Alajuela, Costa Rica	Guatemala		2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
22
23	6 January 2001	Miami, United States	Guatemala		5–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	28 March 2001	Alajuela, Costa Rica	Trinidad and Tobago		3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
25
26	20 June 2001	Alajuela, Costa Rica	Jamaica		2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	1 July 2001	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Honduras		3–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	13 July 2001	Medellín, Colombia	Honduras		1–0	2001 Copa América
29	16 July 2001	Medellín, Colombia	Uruguay		1–1	2001 Copa América
30	19 July 2001	Medellín, Colombia	Bolivia		4–0	2001 Copa América
31
32	22 July 2001	Armenia, Colombia	Uruguay		1–2	2001 Copa América
33	30 January 2002	Pasadena, United States	South Korea		3–1	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
34
35	13 June 2002	Suwon, South Korea	Brazil		2–5	2002 FIFA World Cup
36	8 September 2004	San José, Costa Rica	Canada		1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
37	9 October 2004	San José, Costa Rica	Guatemala		5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
38
39
40	13 October 2004	Edmonton, Canada	Canada		3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
41	9 February 2005	San José, Costa Rica	Mexico		1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
42	8 June 2005	San José, Costa Rica	Guatemala		3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
43	8 October 2005	San José, Costa Rica	United States		3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
44	9 June 2006	Munich, Germany	Germany		2–4	2006 FIFA World Cup
45

Honours

Player

West Ham United

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999^[6]

Manchester City

• Football League First Division: 2001–02^[7]

Costa Rica

• UNCAF Nations Cup: 1999^[8]

Individual awards

• Premier League Player of the Month: October 1997^[9]

Manager

Costa Rica

• Copa Centroamericana: 2014^[10]

Cartaginés

• Costa Rican Cup: 2022^[11]

References

1. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 638. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
2. "Paulo Wanchope". Premier League. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
3. "Paulo Wanchope - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.
4. Golden goal puts T&T in Gold Cup semifinal^{[permanent dead link]} - Socawarriors
5. TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO A LA SEMIFINAL DE LA COPA ORO - Terra (in Spanish)
6. "Intertoto win gives Hammers Uefa spot". BBC News. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
7. Hytner, David (7 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: England's threat from Paulo Wanchope's Costa Rica". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
8. Calvo, Rodrigo (12 August 2015). "La crítica rodeó la corta era de Wanchope - Cronica Costa Rica". Crónica Costa Rica (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
9. "Paulo Wanchope: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
10. "Wanchope renunció como entrenador de Costa Rica". concacaf.com (in Spanish). CONCACAF. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2019. En septiembre 2014, Wanchope condujo a Costa Rica al título de la Copa Centroamericana
11. "Wanchope consigue su primer trofeo oficial como técnico de clubes – Liga Promerica" (in Spanish). UNAFUT. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

Other websites

• Paulo Wanchope at National-Football-Teams.com
• Paulo Wanchope at Soccerbase
• Paulo Wanchope at J.League (in Japanese)