Player · Costa Rica · Midfielder

Walter Centeno

Goals from 26 Jan 2002 to 18 Nov 2009

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Caps: 33
Starts: 30
Minutes: 2,665
Win % when playing: 42.4%
Goals: 14
Matches scored in: 12
Penalties: 2
Hat-tricks: 1
For their side: 8th of 175
Yellow cards: 4
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 2.1 yrs
Minutes per goal: 444

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiers

20022003200420052006200720082009

Tallest: 4 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 4 · Minute

What the goals did

Opening goal4

Winning goal4

Extended lead3

Equaliser2

Go-ahead goal1

Costa Rica with and without them

Costa Rica's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	33	14	5	14	55	52	42.4%
Without them	10	3	2	5	13	15	30%

Played most alongside10


Álvaro Saborío	24
Leonardo Gonzalez	16
Luis Marín	15
Harold McDonald Wallace	14
Freddy Fernandez	13
Ricardo Gonzalez	13
Rónald Gómez	13
Armando Rodriguez Alonso	12
Bryan Ruiz	12
Celso Borges	12

Faced most10


Manuel Salazar	El Salvador	5
Marvin Gonzalez	El Salvador	5
Ramon Sanchez	El Salvador	5
Alfredo Pacheco	El Salvador	4
Cristian Castillo	El Salvador	4
Miguel Montes	El Salvador	4
Rudy Corrales	El Salvador	4
Eliseo Quintanilla	El Salvador	3
Jose Henriquez	El Salvador	3
Salvador Coreas	El Salvador	3

Against8


El Salvador	4	2
Canada	2	2
Haiti	2	2
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2
Cuba	1	1
Panama	1	1
Suriname	1	1
Uruguay	1	1

At tournaments7

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup qualification 2009	3	3
Gold Cup 2009	1	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 2008	1	1
Gold Cup 2007	2	2
FIFA World Cup qualification 2005	2	2
Gold Cup 2003	4	2
Gold Cup 2002	1	1

Every goal14


18 Nov 2009	v Uruguay	1–1	74′	—	Equaliser	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
10 Oct 2009	v Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	51′	—	Extended lead	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
10 Jul 2009	v Canada	2–2	35′	—	Equaliser	2–2	Gold Cup 2009 · Group stage
1 Apr 2009	v El Salvador	1–0	69′	—	Winning goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
11 Oct 2008	v Suriname	4–1	10′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
9 Jun 2007	v Haiti	1–1	62′	—	Opening goal	1–0	Gold Cup 2007 · Group stage
6 Jun 2007	v Canada	1–2	56′	—	Opening goal	1–0	Gold Cup 2007 · Group stage
7 Sep 2005	v Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	50′	—	Extended lead	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
3 Sep 2005	v Panama	3–1	51′	—	Winning goal	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
19 Jul 2003	v El Salvador	5–2	90′	pen	Extended lead	5–2	Gold Cup 2003 · Quarter-final
19 Jul 2003	v El Salvador	5–2	68′	pen	Winning goal	3–2	Gold Cup 2003 · Quarter-final
19 Jul 2003	v El Salvador	5–2	45′	—	Go-ahead goal	2–1	Gold Cup 2003 · Quarter-final
16 Jul 2003	v Cuba	3–0	45′	—	Winning goal	1–0	Gold Cup 2003 · Group stage
26 Jan 2002	v Haiti	2–1	2′	—	Opening goal	1–0	Gold Cup 2002 · Quarter-final

Every match on record39

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


18 Nov 2009	v Uruguay	1–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
14 Oct 2009	v United States	2–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
10 Oct 2009	v Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	started, off 67′	67	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
9 Sep 2009	v El Salvador	0–1	came on 64′	26	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
12 Aug 2009	v Honduras	0–4	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
23 Jul 2009	v Mexico	1–1	started	120	—	—	Gold Cup 2009 · Semi-final
10 Jul 2009	v Canada	2–2	started, off 84′	84	1	—	Gold Cup 2009 · Group stage
7 Jul 2009	v Jamaica	1–0	started	90	—	—	Gold Cup 2009 · Group stage
3 Jul 2009	v El Salvador	1–2	started	90	—	—	Gold Cup 2009 · Group stage
6 Jun 2009	v Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
3 Jun 2009	v United States	3–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
1 Apr 2009	v El Salvador	1–0	started	90	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
11 Feb 2009	v Honduras	2–0	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
19 Nov 2008	v El Salvador	3–1	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
15 Oct 2008	v Haiti	2–0	started, off 46′	46	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
11 Oct 2008	v Suriname	4–1	started, off 79′	79	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
10 Sep 2008	v Haiti	3–1	started, off 69′	69	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
6 Sep 2008	v Suriname	7–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
20 Aug 2008	v El Salvador	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
9 Jun 2007	v Haiti	1–1	started	90	1	Yellow	Gold Cup 2007 · Group stage
6 Jun 2007	v Canada	1–2	started	90	1	—	Gold Cup 2007 · Group stage
20 Jun 2006	v Poland	1–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage
15 Jun 2006	v Ecuador	0–3	started, off 84′	84	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage
9 Jun 2006	v Germany	2–4	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage
30 May 2006	v Czech Republic	0–1	came on 78′	12	—	—	Friendly
28 May 2006	v Ukraine	0–4	started	90	—	—	Friendly
9 Nov 2005	v France	2–3	started	90	—	—	Friendly
7 Sep 2005	v Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
3 Sep 2005	v Panama	3–1	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
17 Jul 2004	v Colombia	0–2	came on 45′	45	—	—	Copa América 2004 · Quarter-final
14 Jul 2004	v Chile	2–1	started	90	—	—	Copa América 2004 · Group stage
11 Jul 2004	v Brazil	1–4	started	90	—	—	Copa América 2004 · Group stage
8 Jul 2004	v Paraguay	0–1	started, off 77′	77	—	—	Copa América 2004 · Group stage
19 Jul 2003	v El Salvador	5–2	—	—	3	—	Gold Cup 2003 · Quarter-final
16 Jul 2003	v Cuba	3–0	—	—	1	—	Gold Cup 2003 · Group stage
13 Jun 2002	v Brazil	2–5	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
9 Jun 2002	v Turkey	1–1	started, off 66′	66	—	—	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
4 Jun 2002	v China PR	2–0	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage
26 Jan 2002	v Haiti	2–1	—	—	1	—	Gold Cup 2002 · Quarter-final

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.