Randall Brenes
 |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Randall Brenes Moya |
| Date of birth |
13 August 1983 (age 30) |
| Place of birth |
Cartago, Costa Rica |
| Height |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Playing position |
Striker |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Cartaginés |
| Number |
10 |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 |
Cartaginés |
30 |
(21) |
| 2005–2008 |
Bodø/Glimt |
54 |
(16) |
| 2008 |
→ Kongsvinger (loan) |
14 |
(7) |
| 2009 |
Kongsvinger |
29 |
(7) |
| 2010–2012 |
Cartaginés |
44 |
(22) |
| 2012 |
Khazar Lankaran |
11 |
(1) |
| 2012– |
Cartaginés |
38 |
(5) |
| National team‡ |
| 2005– |
Costa Rica |
34 |
(8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2013 |
Randall Brenes Moya (born 13 August 1983) is a
Costa Rican professional
footballer, who plays as a
striker for
Cartaginés.
Club career
Early career
Nicknamed
El Chiqui (meaning Short or Small), due his height when he was at youth levels, he turned professional with
Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway. Making an impressive rookie season scoring 21 goals in only 30 games.
Bodø/Glimt
He joined
Bodø/Glimt[1] with his compatriot
Roy Miller, who was also a teammate in Cartaginés, in 2005. At this point Bodø/Glimt was part of the Norwegian top division (
Tippeligaen), but got relegated the same year. The team therefore played in
Adeccoligaen
in 2006 where Brenes was top scorer with 13 goals, 6 of them off
headers. In 2007, the team gained promotion to Tippeligaen after winning
at home and away against
Odd Grenland from Tippeligaen. Bodø/Glimt had a big positive surprise the following season in Tippeligaen, ending on a fourth place.
Kongsvinger
Brenes was loaned at the middle of the season to Adeccoligaen team
Kongsvinger to help them remain the at the division, his compatriot Roy Miller, in the meantime, was sold to
Rosenborg of
Trondheim.
In 2009, Brenes signed a full-time contract and helped Kongsvinger win
promotion to Tippeligaen. But after the season ended, Brenes came to an
agreement with the club to terminate his contract, because he wanted to
move home to Costa Rica with his family.
[2]
Cartaginés
Randall Brenes back for the tournament in Summer 2010 and Winter tournament in the same year shared the scoring with
Éver Alfaro
and helping the team reach the semifinals. Brenes spent the 2010 and
2011 seasons with Cartaginés and winning two scoring titles, one in the
tournament in 2010 winter and the other in the 2011 winter tournament
and being the best player declared by the
Primera División de Costa Rica
in the winter 2011 and carrying to Cartaginés to fourth in the table,
scoring in four minutes in the first half on the first semifinal but
losing against the Herediano 3–1 on aggregate.
Khazar Lankaran
On 9 February 2012 Brenes signed a 2-year long contract with Khazar Lankaran.
[3] On 20 February 2012, made his debut in the season in a 2–1 defeat against
Gabala and entering the 35th minute change by
António Semedo and receiving a yellow card. On 7 March 2012, plays its first game start against
Turan, playing 90 minutes. 14 March 2012, plays its first match in the quarterfinals of the Azerbaijan Cup in the 3–2 defeat against
Baku Inter,
scoring his first goal for the club and the second goal of the team at
minute 57 and playing 90 minutes. On 28 March 2012, played 90 minutes in
the second leg of the Azerbaijan Cup against
Inter Baku scoring his second goal, a 1–1 draw at 76 minutes. On 11 May 2012, income also a starter in the 4–1 victory against
Qarabağ, scoring the second goal at 22 minutes and out of change by
Stevan Bates at minute 70. In the 2012–13 season, Brenes played four games for the club, all the
Europe League. On 5 July 2012, playing 90 minutes against
Nõmme Kalju
and received a yellow card 53 minutes. On 10 July 2012, plays the
second leg entering the 84th minute change by Sadio Tounkara. Then play
in both games as a substitute, for the second round of Europa League
against
Lech Poznan. On 31 July 2012, Brenes signed his termination of contract due to breaches of the team with the player.
[4]
Cartaginés
On 7 August 2012, Brenes sign a 1-year long contract with Cartaginés.
International career
He made his debut for
the Ticos in 2005 as a substitute against Cuba at the
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Finals, immediately making an impact by scoring 2 goals. Since then,
has collected two more caps. In January 2011, he returned to play in the
selection of
Ricardo La Volpe in Panama
2011 Copa Centroamericana, playing 5 games. On 26 March 2011, Randall Brenes played on the first game of the
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica against China and be in the history scoring the second goal of Costa Rica. In June 2011, played in two
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches against
Cuba and
El Salvador scoring in stoppage time. In July, Brenes played two match against
Colombia and
Argentina in the
2011 Copa América.
