Cristian Gamboa
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cristian Esteban Gamboa Luna | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Liberia, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Celtic | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Municipal Liberia | 68 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Fredrikstad | 27 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Copenhagen | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Rosenborg (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Rosenborg | 30 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | (0) |
| 2016– | Celtic | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Costa Rica | 52 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:11, 2 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2016 |
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Cristian Esteban Gamboa Luna (born 24 October 1989), commonly known as Cristian Gamboa, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Celtic. He is a pacy right back with both attacking and defensive capabilities.
Gamboa is an international player for Costa Rica and played in the team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup that reached the quarter-finals.
When 15 years of age, Gamboa was deemed not good enough to play for Costa Rican giants Saprissa and Alajuelense. He played from the 2006–2007 season for hometown club Municipal Liberia. He then moved abroad and joined Norwegian side Fredrikstad in summer 2010 and played there for two half seasons, before he joined Copenhagen in summer 2011. He made his debut in a 0–1 loss against Standard Liege in the UEFA Europa League.
Gamboa joined Rosenborg on a three-month-loan deal in August 2012 with the Norwegian club having an option to buy. He made his debut on 3 September 2012 in a Tippeligaen match away at Stabæk, winning 2–0. By November he had impressed sufficiently in the ten games he played in for Rosenborg for them to offer him a permanent deal, and he signed five-year contract with the club.
In late July 2014, English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion agreed to sign Gamboa for a fee estimated in the media as around £2 million. Because the player had insufficient recent international appearances for a work permit to be granted automatically, completion of the deal was dependent on a successful appeal to the Football Association, which was confirmed on 5 August. The player signed a three-year contract.
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