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Christian Bolaños
Personal information
Full name Christian Bolaños Navarro
Date of birth (1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Hatillo de San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Right winger
Club information
Current club Saprissa
Number 2
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Saprissa 154 (12)
2007–2008 OB 24 (3)
2008–2010 Start 45 (13)
2010–2014 Copenhagen 101 (14)
2014 Cartaginés 12 (0)
2015 Al Gharafa 11 (4)
2015 Saprissa 13 (5)
2016–2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 48 (5)
2018–2020 Saprissa 98 (34)
2020–2021 Start 12 (2)
2021– Saprissa 98 (33)
National team
2001 Costa Rica U17 4 (0)
2005–2021 Costa Rica 87 (6)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2023 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2021

Christian Bolaños Navarro (born 17 May 1984) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga FPD club Saprissa. Since his international debut in 2005, Bolaños has earned over 80 international caps and played at three FIFA World Cups.

His brother Jonathan is also a footballer.

Club career

Deportivo Saprissa

With Saprissa Bolaños won various national championships as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. Bolaños participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, and was awarded by FIFA as the third best player of the tournament. Following this success he was invited to attend a ten-day trial with Liverpool, although he was not signed on a permanent basis.

On 9 August 2006, he signed a one-year loan deal with Premier League side Charlton Athletic. However, he failed to obtain a work permit having not played enough games for his country, and the deal fell through.

OB

On 2 June 2007, he signed a three-year contract with the Danish side OB in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Struggling to make an impact on the strong Danish midfield, Bolaños was a target for other clubs.

Start

On 6 November 2008, he signed a contract with newly promoted Norwegian side Start starting 1 January 2009.

In IK Start's first test against a Tippeligaen side, Bolaños received rave reviews from the media after outplaying Norwegian international Trond Erik Bertelsen of Viking, who a few days earlier had controlled Bastian Schweinsteiger during Norway's win against Germany. Start coach Knut Tørum said after the game that he will be playing on the right wing during the 2009 season. In his first official match for Start, Bolaños scored two goals against Strømsgodset.

FC Copenhagen

On 30 August 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the defending champions of Denmark, FC Copenhagen at a cost of 1 mill. euros, or 7,5 mio. DK kroner.

On 22 August 2012, Bolaños was linked with a £3 million move to English side Wolverhampton Wanderers, which could re-unite him with former Copenhagen manager Ståle Solbakken.

Cartaginés

On 8 September 2014, he signed with Cartaginés, only to leave them for Qatari side Al Gharafa after the winter championship.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On 20 January 2016, he signed a multi-year contract with Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer for an undisclosed amount.

Saprissa

Following two years with Vancouver, Bolaños returned to Saprissa again after his option was declined following the 2017 season.

International career

He played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago.

He made his debut for the senior national team in a May 2005 friendly match against Norway and has, as of November 2016, collected a total of 71 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 25 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as at the 2005, 2007 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

In May 2018 he was named in Costa Rica's 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. By entering as a substitute in the first matchday defeat against Serbia, Bolaños became the only Costa Rican to play at three different FIFA World Cups, and overtook Michael Umaña as the Costa Rican with most matches played at the competition.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2001–02 Saprissa Primera División 17 1 - - 2 0 19 1
2002–03 21 1 - - - - 21 1
2003–04 16 2 - - - - 16 2
2004–05 33 1 - - 10 1 43 2
2005–06 34 2 - - 14 1 48 3
2006–07 33 5 - - 1 0 34 5
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2007–08 OB Danish Superliga 22 3 1 0 4 0 27 3
2008–09 2 0 3 0 5 0
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2009 Start Tippeligaen 25 7 2 1 - - 27 8
2010 20 6 5 0 25 6
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2010–11 Copenhagen Danish Superliga 24 6 3 0 8 0 35 6
2011–12 32 3 4 0 10 2 46 5
2012–13 23 2 1 1 8 1 32 4
2013–14 22 3 3 0 6 0 31 3
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2014–15 Cartaginés Primera División 12 0 - - - - 12 0
Qatar Qatar Stars League Cup AFC Champions League Total
2014–15 Al-Gharafa Qatar Stars League 11 4 - - - - 11 4
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2015–16 Saprissa Primera División 13 5 - - 1 0 14 5
USA League Cup North America Total
2016 Vancouver Whitecaps MLS 27 5 2 0 - - 29 5
2017 24 0 - - 2 0 26 0
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2017–18 Saprissa Liga FPD 10 0 - - 2 0 12 0
2018–19 49 10 - - 2 0 51 10
2019–20 39 23 - - 12 1 51 24
Norway League Cup Europa Total
2020 Start Eliteserien 12 2 - - - - 12 2
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2020-21 Saprissa Liga FPD 18 8 - - 4 2 22 10
2021-22 36 10 1 1 6 4 43 15
2022-23 19 1 5 1 2 2 26 4
Total Costa Rica 350 79 6 2 56 11 412 82
Denmark 125 17 12 1 39 3 176 21
Norway 57 15 7 1 - - 64 16
Qatar 11 4 - - - - 11 4
USA 51 5 2 0 2 0 55 5
Career total 594 110 27 4 97 14 718 128

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Costa Rica 2005 12 1
2006 6 0
2007 4 0
2008 1 0
2009 8 0
2010 2 0
2011 8 0
2012 4 1
2013 8 0
2014 7 0
2015 2 0
2016 10 4
2017 8 0
2018 4 0
2019 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 87 6

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 July 2005 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  Honduras 1–3 2–3 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Guyana 5–0 7–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6 September 2016  Panama 1–0 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 2–0
5 11 November 2016 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 15 November 2016 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  United States 2–0 4–0

Honours

Saprissa

  • Primera División winner: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
  • Costa Rican short championship winner: 2003–04 Apertura, 2005–06 Apertura, 2005–06 Clausura, 2006–07 Apertura, 2006–07 Clausura, 2015–16 Apertura, 2017–18 Clausura, 2019–20 Clausura, 2020–21 Clausura
  • FIFA Club World Cup third place: 2005
  • CONCACAF Champions League winner: 2005
    • runner-up: 2004
  • Copa Interclubes UNCAF winner: 2003
    • runner-up: 2007

Copenhagen

  • Danish Superliga: 2010–11, 2012–13
  • Danish Cup: 2011–12

Individual

See also

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