Juan Ignacio Alfaro
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Ignacio Alfaro Monge | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Florida Atlantic Owls | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Herediano | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Iona Gaels | 39 | (0) |
| 2024– | Florida Atlantic Owls | 11 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Herediano | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Guadalupe (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Grecia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Carmelita | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:25, 12 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Juan Ignacio Alfaro Monge (born 29 August 2000) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer.
Club career
[edit]Herediano
[edit]Alfaro is a product of C.S. Herediano. In November 2017, Alfaro sat on the bench for the first time in Liga FPD. 18-year old Alfaro got his official debut on 10 October 2018, when goalkeeper Daniel Cambronero was sent off after 67 minutes against Limón FC.[2] Alfaro conceded no goals, although Herediano lost 3-0.[3] Alfaro also started in the following game against Municipal Grecia.
In November 2018, one and a half months after his debut, Alfaro signed a four-year contract extension with Herediano.[4] With the team already having three goalkeepers, Alfaro was loaned out to fellow league club Guadalupe in August 2019 for the rest of the year.[5][6][7]
Returning from loan in January 2020,[8] he was loaned out again, this time to Municipal Grecia for the rest of the 2019-20 season. Alfaro played only one game for the club, where he conceded five goals.
Carmelita & USA
[edit]In the summer 2020, Alfaro moved to A.D. Carmelita.[9][10] In October 2021, Juan Ignacio Alfaro went to the United States on scholarship at Iona College, where he would play for men's soccer team.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Juan Ignacio Alfaro is the son of former goalkeeper, Juan Carlos Alfaro, who played for C.S. Herediano in the 90s and played for the club in more than 15 years.[12]
In 2024, he began playing for Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Juan Ignacio Alfaro at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Limón amargó el debut en primera del portero herediano Juan Ignacio Alfaro, lateja.cr, 10 October 2020
- ^ LIMÓN VS. HEREDIANO 3 - 0, soccerway.com, 10 October 2018
- ^ Juan Ignacio Alfaro renovó con el Club Sport Herediano, futbolconsultants.com, 27 November 2018
- ^ Guadalupe suma dos jugadores tras cambio por Luis Torres, columbia.co.cr, August 2019
- ^ Luis Torres: “Llegó al equipo mis amores”, yashinquesada.com, 20 August 2019
- ^ El portero por el cual Herediano centra sus esperanzas, columbia.co.cr, 9 January 2020
- ^ GUADALUPE: ESTABILIDAD EN LA PLANILLA, guadalupefc.net, 10 January 2020
- ^ Juan Ignacio Alfaro - - Liga Concacaf, lacamiseta10.com
- ^ Así alinea la AD Carmelita para enfrentar al Municipal San Ramón esta noche:, facebook.com, 29 August 2020
- ^ Futbol Consultants - Juan Ignacio Alfaro estará becado..., facebook.com, 12 October 2021
- ^ Exportero Juan Carlos Alfaro vibró con el debut de su hijo en el Herediano, 13 October 2018
- ^ New beginnings ⚽️🙏🏽🦉, instagram.com, 6 August 2024
External links
[edit]- Juan Ignacio Alfaro at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Liga FPD players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Guadalupe F.C. players
- Municipal Grecia players
- A.D. Carmelita footballers
- Iona Gaels men's soccer players
- Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer players
- People from Heredia (canton)
- Sportspeople from Heredia Province
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States