Danny Fonseca


Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Costa Rican club Cartaginés.

Club career

A native of Cartago, Fonseca played the majority of his career at local side Cartaginés. In February 2013 he tied club legend Leonel Hernández for most league games played for the club, with 360. He also had a few seasons at Brujas, but returned to Cartaginés in May 2010.
In October 2013, Fonseca reached 500 league games in the Costa Rican Primera División, the 14th player in the league history to do so.

International career

Fonseca played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria.
He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and collected a total of 28 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was selected as a member of the Costa Rica squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. He was the first player to be booked in the FIFA World Cup 2006 during his country's 4-2 defeat to Germany. Also he played at the 2003 and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was a non-playing squad member at the 2004 Copa América.
His final international was a January 2008 friendly match 1994 against Iran.

International goals

DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 November 2005Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique2–02–3Friendly match
2.1 March 2006Azadi Stadium, Teheran, Iran2–32–3Friendly match