Gabelo Conejo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Gabelo Conejo Jiménez | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1960 | ||
Place of birth | San Ramón, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1988 |
Ramonense | ? | (5) |
1989–1990 | Cartaginés | ||
1990–1992 | Albacete | 69 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Albacete | 12 | (0) |
1996 | Herediano | ||
1997 |
Ramonense | ||
Total | 263± | (5±) | |
International career | |||
1987–1991 | Costa Rica | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis Gabelo Conejo Jiménez (born 1 January 1960) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played mainly for
Conejo appeared for Costa Rica at the 1990 World Cup.
Club career
Born in
After one year as a backup at Albacete, Conejo returned to Costa Rica with C.S. Herediano in 1996, retiring the following year after one season with Ramonense, aged 37. He had retired two times earlier, not playing in the 1992–93 and 1994–95 campaigns,[7] and his final league match occurred on 2 April 1997 against Puntarenas FC.[2]
International career
Conejo made his debut for Costa Rica in a 1987 friendly match with South Korea, and earned a total of 29 caps.[2] He appeared for his country in ten FIFA World Cup qualification matches,[8] and represented it at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]
Conejo received international recognition during the
Conejo's final international was a 1991 Gold Cup match against Mexico.[2] Subsequently, he worked with the national team as goalkeepers' coach.[11]
References
- IFFHS
- ^ La Nación, 30 June 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Porteros ticos con más de dos años sin goles (Tico goalkeepers with more than two years without goals) Archived 3 August 2014 at archive.today; La Nación, 8 April 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Conejo, the Tico talisman; FIFA.com
- ^ El Albacete hace historia (Albacete make history); Mundo Deportivo, 10 June 2001 (in Spanish)
- ^ Urban apuntilla al Albacete (Urban finishes Albacete); Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 1991 (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Gabelo Conejo Jiménez; La Nación, 26 September 1999 (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Conejo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- RSSSF
- ^ 1990 – Italy; at World Cup Brazil
- ^ Luis Gabelo Conejo confiaba en que Keylor Navas sería el mejor de la Liga Española (Luis Gabelo Conejo had confidence that Keylor Navas would be the best in Spanish League); La Nación, 26 February 2014 (in Spanish)
External links
- Luis Conejo at BDFutbol
- Luis Conejo at National-Football-Teams.com