Randall Brenes

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Randall Brenes
Brenes with Kongsvinger in 2009
Personal information
Full name Randall Brenes Moya
Date of birth (1983-08-13) 13 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Cartago, Costa Rica
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker/Second striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Cartaginés 32 (16)
2005–2008 Bodø/Glimt 54 (15)
2008 →
Kongsvinger
(loan)		 14 (7)
2009
Kongsvinger
 32 (8)
2010–2012 Cartaginés 66 (36)
2012
Khazar Lankaran
 11 (1)
2012–2018 Cartaginés 182 (51)
2014 → Sandnes Ulf 11 (4)
International career‡
2005–2014 Costa Rica 43 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2014
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Brenes and the second or maternal family name is Moya.

Randall Brenes Moya , in Norway known as «Ragnar Bremnes» (born 13 August 1983) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played most of his career as a striker for Cartaginés,[1] rom which is currently the second historical goalscorer, with 103 league goals. He also played for the Costa Rica national football team.[2]

Club career

Early career

Nicknamed El Chiqui (meaning Short or Small), due his height when he was at youth levels, he turned professional with Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway. Making an impressive rookie season scoring 16 goals in only 32 games.

Bodø/Glimt

He joined

Odd Grenland
from Tippeligaen. Bodø/Glimt had a big positive surprise the following season in Tippeligaen, ending on a fourth place.

Kongsvinger

Brenes was loaned at the middle of the season to Adeccoligaen team

Kongsvinger to help them in the division, his compatriot Roy Miller, in the meantime, was sold to Rosenborg of Trondheim. In 2009, Brenes signed a full-time contract and helped Kongsvinger win promotion to Tippeligaen. But after the season ended, Brenes came to an agreement with the club to terminate his contract, because he wanted to move home to Costa Rica with his family.[4]

Cartaginés

Randall Brenes back for the tournament in Summer 2010 and Winter tournament in the same year shared the scoring with

Primera División de Costa Rica
in the winter 2011 and carrying to Cartaginés to fourth in the table, scoring in four minutes in the first half on the first semifinal but losing against the Herediano 3–1 on aggregate.

Khazar Lankaran

On 9 February 2012 Brenes signed a 2-year long contract with Khazar Lankaran.

Lech Poznan. On 31 July 2012, Brenes signed his termination of contract due to breaches of the team with the player.[6]

Cartaginés

On 7 August 2012, Brenes sign a 1-year long contract with Cartaginés.

Sandnes Ulf

On 4 August 2014, Brenes signed a loan deal with Sandnes Ulf.[7]

International career

He made his debut for the Ticos in 2005 as a substitute against Cuba at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals, immediately making an impact by scoring 2 goals. In January 2011, he returned to play in the selection of Ricardo La Volpe in Panama 2011 Copa Centroamericana, playing 5 games. On 26 March 2011, Randall Brenes played on the first game of the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica against China and be in the history scoring the second goal of Costa Rica. In June 2011, played in two 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches against Cuba and El Salvador scoring in stoppage time.[8] In July, Brenes played two match against Colombia and Argentina in the 2011 Copa América.[9]

2014 FIFA World Cup

As of January 2014, he has earned a total of 36 caps, scoring 8 goals and has represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[10]

On 20 June 2014, Brenes make his debut at the second round of group stage matches in the

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco for the round of 16, entering as a substitute in the 83rd minute, replacing of Christian Bolaños
, playing all the extra time and make history with the Ticos, winning the game 5–3 on penalties shoot-out after the 1–1 on the 120th minutes and advance to the Quarter-finals.

International goals

As of 8 July 2018
Brenes scoring against Spain
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competitions
1 July 8, 2005
Qwest Field, Seattle
, United States 		 Cuba 1 – 0 3–1 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2 2 – 1 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3 26 March 2011 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica  China 2 – 0 2–2
Friendly
4 9 June 2011 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States  El Salvador 1 – 1 1–1 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5 15 November 2011 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica  Spain 1 – 0 2–2
Friendly
6 16 October 2012 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica  Guyana 1 – 0 7–0 2014 World Cup qualifier
7 3 – 0
8 10 September 2013 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1 – 0 1–1 2014 World Cup qualifier

Career statistics

As of 8 July 2018
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2004–05 Cartaginés
Primera División
 32 16 - - 32 16
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2005 Bodø/Glimt
Tippeligaen
 7 0 - 7 0
2006
Adeccoligaen
 23 13 - 23 13
2007 17 2 3 1 - 20 3
2008
Tippeligaen
 7 0 2 0 - 9 0
2008 Kongsvinger (loan)
Adeccoligaen
 14 7 0 0 - 14 7
2009 Kongsvinger 29 8 3 1 - 32 8
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2009–10 Cartaginés
Primera División
 13 5 - - 13 5
2010–11 32 17 - - 32 17
2011–12 21 14 - - 21 14
Azerbaijan League Azerbaijan Cup Europe Total
2011–12[11]
Khazar Lankaran[12]
 Premier League 11 2 2 2 - 13 4
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2012–13 Cartaginés
Primera División
 25 4 - - 25 4
2013–14 Cartaginés
Primera División
 35 4 - 4 0 39 4
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2014 Sandnes Ulf
Tippeligaen
 11 4 0 0 - 11 4
Costa Rica League Cup North America Total
2014–15 Cartaginés
Primera División
 12 3 1 1 - 13 4
2015–16 Cartaginés
Primera División
 38 15 7 5 45 20
2016–17 Cartaginés
Primera División
 38 15 38 15
2017–18 Cartaginés
Primera División
 34 10 34 10
Total Costa Rica 280 103 8 6 4 0 292 109
Norway 107 30 8 2 0 0 115 32
Azerbaijan 11 2 2 2 0 0 13 4
Career total 398 135 18 10 4 0 424 145

Honours

Club

Cartaginés

International

Costa Rica
  • UNCAF Nations Cup: 2013

Individual

References

  1. ^ a verdadera historia de la lealtad de Rándall 'Chiqui' Brenes con Cartaginéss nacion.com
  2. ^ El último servicio de Chiqui a la causa brumosa nacion.com
  3. La Nación. Archived from the original
    on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  4. ^ Staulen, Marius Skjerve (11 January 2010). "Randall Brenes ferdig i KIL". ab24.no. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Randall Brenes transferred to Khazar Lankaran". lankaranfc.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Chiqui Brenes se va de Azerbayán". La Nación. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Brenes leies ut til Sandnes Ulf". sandnesulf.no. Sandnes Ulf. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details – RSSSF
  9. ^ Copa América 2011 – RSSSF
  10. ^ Randall Brenes – FIFA competition record (archived)
  11. ^ "Premier League Stats 2011/12" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Statistics: Players". lankaranfc.com/az/. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

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