Costa Rica
Goalkeepers
Wardy Alfaro Pizarro
Currently playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.
Date of birth: December 31, 1977
Height:1.80m (5ft 10in).
Álvaro Mesén Murillo
Made his debut for Costa Rica on November 25, 1999, against Slovakia aged 26. Currently playing for Brescia, Mesén has 37 Costa Rica caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: December 24, 1972
Height: 1.81m (5ft 11in)
Fact: In 2001, Mesén was Costa Rica's FIFA ambassador for SOS Children's Villages".
José Porras Hidalgo
Currently playing for Deportivo Saprissa.
Date of birth: November 8, 1970
Height: 1.84m (6ft).
Fact: Porras is Costa Rica's first-choice goalkeeper, and has won the UNCAF Cup and the CONCACAF championship, as well as three league titles with Saprissa.
Defenders
Gabriel Badilla Segura
Made his debut for Costa Rica on June 19, 2005, against China. Badilla is currently playing for Deportivo Saprissa (as at March 1, 2006)
Date of birth: June 30, 1984
Height: 1.81m (5ft 11in).
Fact: Badilla is a lifelong Saprissa fan and has played for them since the 2001-2002 season.
Gilberto Martínez Vidal
Made his debut for Costa Rica on January 6, 2001, against Guatemala, aged 21. Currently playing for Brescia, Martínez has 56 Costa Rica caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: October 1, 1979
Height: 1.73m (5ft 8in)
Fact: Martínez was in the starting line-up of every one of Costa Rica's matches in the 2002 World Cup.
Michael Umaña Corrales
Currently playing for Brujas FC (as at March 1, 2006)
Date of birth: July 16, 1982
Height:1.80m (5ft 10in).
Michael Rodríguez Gutiérrez
Currently playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth:December 30, 1981
Height: 1.77m (5ft 9in).
Leonardo González Arce,
Made his debut for Costa Rica on November 20, 2002, against Ecuador, aged 21. Currently playing for Club Sport Herediano, González has 35 Costa Rica caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: November 21, 1980
Height: 1.86m (6ft 1in)
Douglas Sequeira Solano,
Made his debut for Costa Rica on February 10, 1999, against Jamaica. Sequeira is currently playing for Real Salt Lake in the US (as at March 1, 2006)
Date of birth: August 23, 1977
Height: 1.86m (6ft 1in).
Fact: As well as playing for clubs in the Americas, Sequeira has played in Europe for Feyenoord Rotterdam and Karlsruher SC.
Luis Marín Murillo
Made his debut for Costa Rica on June 23, 1993, against Panama, aged 18. Currently playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Marín has 118 Costa Rica caps and has scored 5 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: August 10, 1974
Height: 1.80m (5ft 10in)
Fact: Marín was the first Central American footballer to earn 100 caps, on July 14, 2004.
Jervis Drummond Johnson
Made his debut for Costa Rica on September 27, 1995, against Jamaica, aged 19. Currently playing for Deportivo Saprissa, Drummond has 54 Costa Rica caps and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: September 8, 1976
Height: 1.72m (5ft 7in)
Fact: Although he was part of the 2002 World Cup squad, Drummond played in no matches. His twin brother, Gerald, plays alongside him at Saprissa.
Harold Wallace McDonald
Made his debut for Costa Rica on September 27, 1995, against Jamaica, aged 20. Currently playing for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Wallace has 77 Costa Rica caps and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: September 7, 1975
Height: 1.76m (5ft 9in)