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Paulo Wanchope
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Person

Paulo Wanchope

b. 1976

Costa Rican association football player

Born
31 Jul 1976 · Heredia
Part ofCosta Rica1821 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 57 years
  1. 31 Jul 1976BornBorn in Heredia
  2. 1993 – 1997TeamC.S. Herediano
  3. 1995TeamCosta Rica national under-20 football team
  4. 1996 – 2008TeamCosta Rica men's national football team
  5. 1997 – 1999TeamDerby County F.C.
  6. 1999 – 2000TeamWest Ham United F.C.
  7. 2000 – 2004TeamManchester City F.C.
  8. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  9. 2004 – 2005TeamMálaga CF
  10. 2005TeamAl-Gharafa SC
  11. 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2006TeamC.S. Herediano
  13. 2006TeamClub Atlético Rosario Central
  14. 2007TeamChicago Fire FC
  15. 2007TeamFC Tokyo
  16. 2008TeamC.S. Herediano

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1976 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  18. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  19. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  20. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  21. 20112011 Norway attacks
  22. 2011Libyan civil war
  23. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  24. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  25. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  27. 2015Paris Agreement
  28. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  30. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  31. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2023Gaza war
  33. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  34. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Paulo César Wanchope Watson (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpawlo wanˈtʃope]; born 31 July 1976), more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican football coach and former professional footballer who last coached Deportivo Saprissa.

As a player he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Derby County, West Ham United and Manchester City. He also had spells in La Liga and Major League Soccer for Málaga and Chicago Fire as well as Herediano, Al-Gharafa, Rosario Central and FC Tokyo. He was capped 73 times by Costa Rica, scoring 45 goals. Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the Costa Rica national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international matches. Having scored against Brazil in 2002 and a brace against Germany in 2006, Wanchope is the top goalscorer for Costa Rica in the FIFA World Cup, a record he shares with Rónald Gómez.

As he is the former head coach of the Costa Rica national football team with a spell in charge between 2014 and 2015. He has also managed Herediano, Uruguay Coronado, CS Cartaginés and Pérez Zeledón.

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