Suhander Zúñiga

Suhander Zúñiga
Personal information
Full name Suhander Manuel Zúñiga Cordero
Date of birth (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cartaginés
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Carmelita 102 (9)
2019 → Deportivo Saprissa (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2022 Herediano 53 (4)
2022 → Guanacasteca (loan) 21 (4)
2022–2023 San Carlos 16 (1)
2023 → Alajuelense (loan) 33 (1)
2024 Alajuelense 12 (0)
2024– Cartaginés 40 (0)
International career‡
2017 Costa Rica U-20 1 (0)
2018 Costa Rica U-21 3 (0)
2021– Costa Rica 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2023 00:15 (UTC)

Suhander Manuel Zúñiga Cordero (born 15 January 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Cartaginés of the Costa Rican First Division and the Costa Rica national team.[1]

Career

He made his senior league debut for Carmelita on 15 August 2014 against the Limón F.C. at the Morera Soto Stadium.[2] In his debut season he made eighteen appearances. On 28 May 2015, he was awarded the Under-21 player of the season award.[3]

On 7 January 2019, Zúñiga joined Deportivo Saprissa on a year-long loan.[4] He scored his first goal for them on 24 July 2019 against Pérez Zeledón.[5]

On 28 December 2019, he signed for Herediano.[6] In June 2022, he signed for San Carlos.[7] In December 2022, he signed on loan for Alajuelense.[8]

International career

He was selected to represent Costa Rica U-20 at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[9]

He made his debut for the senior Costa Rica national football team in March 2021, against Bosnia.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Suhander Zúñiga at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (15 August 2014). "With double from Guatemalan Angelo Padilla Carmelita beats Limón". Everardo Herrera. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Elías Aguilar was chosen the Best Player and Oscar Ramírez the Best Coach of the season". Everardo Herrera. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Araya, José Fernando (7 January 2019). ""Saprissa signs youth players Suhander Zúñiga and Jonathan Martínez"". Teletica.
  5. ↑ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (25 July 2019). "Saprissa golea 3-0 a Pérez Zeledón con doblete de Manfred Ugalde". Everardo Herrera. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Fonseca, Graciela (28 December 2019). ""Herediano makes Suhander Zúñiga official as rojiamarillo"". CrHoy.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Mendez, Daniel (5 December 2022). "Suhander Zúñiga goes on loan to Alajuelense". Telesancarlosradio.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Suhander Zúñiga makes efforts for Alajuelense and San Carlos to agree on his transfer". ESPN. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. ↑ ""Marcelo defined the 21 for Korea"". Costa Rican Football Federation. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ↑ Segura Vargas, José Pablo (27 March 2021). ""Costa Rica dominated but was left without a goal against Bosnia (0-0)"". Everardo Herrera.


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