Rolando Fonseca Jiménez - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Costa Rican player, who obtained 113 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. He also scored 47 international goals for his National Team, entering the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps Goals     Date      Venue       Opponent       Score    Competition 
  
  1.        27- 5-1992 San José      Ecuador         2-1     
  2.         2- 8-1992 Montevideo    Uruguay         1-2     
  3.        15-11-1992 Kingstown     S.Vincent/Gre.  1-0     World Cup Qualifier         
  4.        29-11-1992 San José      Mexico          2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  5.         5-12-1992 Tegucigalpa   Honduras        1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
  6.        13-12-1992 San José      S.Vincent/Gre.  5-0     World Cup Qualifier 
  7.         5- 3-1993 Tegucigalpa   El Salvador     1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
  8.         7- 3-1993 Tegucigalpa   Honduras        0-2     Uncaf Nations Cup 
  9.  1  1   9- 3-1993 Tegucigalpa   Panama          2-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 10.     1  24- 3-1993 San José      Canada          0-1 
 11.  1  2  31- 3-1993 Medellín      Colombia        1-3                 
 12.  1  3  23- 6-1993 San José      Panama          3-1             
 13.     3  29- 6-1993 San José      Mexico          0-2                       
 14.     3  11- 6-1994 New Haven     Italy           0-1     
 15.  1  4   1-12-1995 San Salvador  Belize          2-1     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 16.     4   3-12-1995 San Salvador  El Salvador     1-2     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 17.  1  5   7-12-1995 San Salvador  Honduras        1-1 [1] Uncaf Nations Cup   
 18.  1  6  10-12-1995 San Salvador  El Salvador     1-2     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 19.     6  25- 8-1996 Liberia       Chile           1-1 
 20.     6   1- 9-1996 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 21.     6   9-10-1996 San José      Jamaica         0-0 
 22.     6  17-11-1996 San José      Guatemala       3-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 23.     6  24-11-1996 Los Angeles   Guatemala       0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 24.     6   1-12-1996 San José      USA             2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 25.     6  16- 4-1997 Cd.Guatemala  Guatemala       1-1     Uncaf Nations Cup         
 26.  3  9  23- 4-1997 Cd.Guatemala  Honduras        4-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 27.     9  25- 4-1997 Cd.Guatemala  El Salvador     1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 28.  1 10  27- 4-1997 Cd.Guatemala  Guatemala       1-1     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 29.    10   4- 5-1997 San Salvador  El Salvador     1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 30.    10  11- 5-1997 San José      Jamaica         3-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 31.    10  19- 6-1997 Santa Cruz    Mexico          1-1     Copa America   
 32.    10  10- 8-1997 San José      El Salvador     0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 33.    10   9-11-1997 Cd.de México  Mexico          3-3     World Cup Qualifier 
 34.    10  10- 2-1999 Kingston      Jamaica         1-1     
 35.  2 12  24- 2-1999 San José      Jamaica         9-0               
 36.  2 14  17- 3-1999 San José      Belize          7-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 37.    14  21- 3-1999 San José      Honduras        0-1     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 38.  1 15  24- 3-1999 San José      Guatemala       1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 39.  1 16  26- 3-1999 San José      Honduras        1-2     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 40.  1 17  28- 3-1999 San José      El Salvador     4-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 41.    17  29- 5-1999 Concepción    Chile           0-3         
 42.  1 18  18- 8-1999 Montevideo    Uruguay         4-5     
 43.    18  29-12-1999 Alajuela      Honduras        1-1     
 44.    18  21- 6-2000 Cd.del Este   Paraguay        0-1 
 45.  3 21   1- 7-2000 Alajuela      Panama          5-1                     
 46.    21  16- 7-2000 Bridgetown    Barbados        1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 47.  1 22  23- 7-2000 San José      USA             2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 48.    22  15- 8-2000 Alajuela      Guatemala       2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 49.  1 23   3- 9-2000 San José      Barbados        3-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 50.    23  11-10-2000 Columbus      USA             0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 51.  1 24  15-11-2000 Mazatenango   Guatemala       1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 52.  2 26   6- 1-2001 Miami         Guatemala       5-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 53.  1 27  28- 2-2001 San José      Honduras        2-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 54.    27  28- 3-2001 San José      Trinidad/Tobago 3-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 55.  1 28  18- 4-2001 Alajuela      Venezuela       2-2         
 56.    28  25- 4-2001 Kansas City   USA             0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 57.  3 31  23- 5-2001 S.Pedro Sula  Belize          4-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 58.    31  27- 5-2001 S.Pedro Sula  Guatemala       1-1     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 59.    31  30- 5-2001 S.Pedro Sula  Panama          2-1     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 60.    31   1- 6-2001 Tegucigalpa   Guatemala       0-2     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 61.    31   3- 6-2001 S.Pedro Sula  El Salvador     1-1     Uncaf Nations Cup 
 62.  1 32  16- 6-2001 Cd.de México  Mexico          2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 63.    32  20- 6-2001 Alajuela      Jamaica         2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 64.  1 33   1- 7-2001 Tegucigalpa   Honduras        3-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 65.    33  13- 7-2001 Medellín      Honduras        1-0     Copa America 
 66.    33  16- 7-2001 Medellín      Uruguay         1-1     Copa America 
 67.  1 34  19- 7-2001 Medellín      Bolivia         4-0     Copa America 
 68.    34  22- 7-2001 Armenia       Uruguay         1-2     Copa America 
 69.    34   1- 9-2001 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 70.  2 36   5- 9-2001 San José      USA             2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 71.    36   7-10-2001 San José      Mexico          0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 72.    36  11-11-2001 Kingston      Jamaica         1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 73.  1 37  18- 1-2002 Miami         Martinique      2-0 [!] Gold Cup 
 74.  1 38  20- 1-2002 Miami         Trinidad/Tobago 1-1     Gold Cup           
 75.    38  27- 3-2002 San José      Morocco         0-1
 76.    38  17- 4-2002 Yokohama      Japan           1-1 
 77.    38  20- 4-2002 Daegu         South Korea     0-2 
 78.    38   9- 5-2002 San José      Colombia        1-2 
 79.    38  26- 5-2002 Kumamoto      Belgium         0-1   
 80.    38   4- 6-2002 Gwangju       China           2-0     World Cup   
 81.    38  13- 6-2002 Suwon         Brazil          2-5     World Cup 
 82.    38  11- 2-2003 Cd.de Panamá  El Salvador     1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 83.    38  13- 2-2003 Cd.de Panamá  Guatemala       1-1     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 84.    38  15- 2-2003 Colón         Nicaragua       1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 85.    38  20- 2-2003 Cd.de Panamá  Honduras        1-0     Uncaf Nations Cup   
 86.    38  29- 3-2003 Alajuela      Paraguay        2-1                 
 87.  1 39   8- 6-2003 San José      Chile           1-0
 88.    39  12- 7-2003 Foxboro       Canada          0-1     Gold Cup                   
 89.    39  16- 7-2003 Foxboro       Cuba            3-0     Gold Cup           
 90.    39  24- 7-2003 Cd. de México Mexico          0-2     Gold Cup   
 91.  2 41  26- 7-2003 Miami         USA             2-3     Gold Cup           
 92.    41  20- 8-2003 Wien          Austria         0-2
 93.    41  11-10-2003 Potchefstroom South Africa    1-2                         
 94.  1 42   9-10-2004 San José      Guatemala       5-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 95.    42  12- 1-2005 San José      Haiti           3-3
 96.    42   9- 2-2005 San José      Mexico          1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 97.  2 44   4- 2-2007 Alajuela      Trinidad/Tobago 4-0
 98.  1 45   9- 2-2007 San Salvador  Honduras        3-1     Uncaf Nations Cup  
 99.    45  13- 2-2007 San Salvador  Panama          0-1     Uncaf Nations Cup  
100.  1 46  16- 2-2007 San Salvador  El Salvador     2-0     Uncaf Nations Cup  
101.    46  18- 2-2007 San Salvador  Panama          1-1 [2] Uncaf Nations Cup  
102.    46  24- 3-2007 San José      New Zealand     4-0
103.  1 47  28- 3-2007 Talca         Chile           1-1
104.    47   2- 6-2007 San Jose      Chile           2-0 
105.    47   6- 6-2007 Miami         Canada          1-2     Gold Cup
106.    47   9- 6-2007 Miami 	     Haiti	     1-1     Gold Cup
107.    47  11- 6-2007 Miami	     Guadeloupe      1-0 [!] Gold Cup
108.    47  17- 6-2007 Houston       Mexico	     0-1     Gold Cup 		 
109.    47  14- 6-2008 Saint George  Grenada 	     2-2     World Cup Qualifier   
110.    47  10-10-2009 San José      Trinidad/Tobago 4-0     World Cup Qualifier   
111.    47  14-11-2009 San José      Uruguay         0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
112.    47  18-11-2009 Montevideo    Uruguay         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
113.    47  26- 3-2011 San José      China           2-2

[!] the matches against Martinique and Guadeloupe are not considered full internationals by FIFA

[1] Costa Rica lost 2-4 on penalties
[2] Costa Rica won 4-1 on penalties

NB:  The match against Cameroon U-21 (11.01.2002) in which Rolando
     Fonseca played is not considered a full international and
     therefore not included here.
     Match 113 was the farewell match for Walter Centeno.


Total Record 

Matches Won Draw Lost  For Against Points Percentage 

 113     50   27   36    187-117   127      56.19

Types of          Matches and  Goals   

Friendlies           32         13
Uncaf Nations Cup    29         18
World Cup Qualifier  35         11   
World Cup             2          -      
Gold Cup             10          4
Copa America          5          1 

Total goals         113         47



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Last updated: 7 Jun 2018

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