Froylán Ledezma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Froylán Greing Ledezma Stephens | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Alajuelense | 70 | (35) |
| 1997–2001 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Cerro Porteño | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Saprissa | 14 | (9) |
| 2003 | The Strongest | 13 | (8) |
| 2004–2006 | Alajuelense | 41 | (9) |
| 2006 | → Akratitos (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Rheindorf Altach | 24 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Augsburg | 18 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Admira Wacker | 24 | (9) |
| 2010 | → Herediano (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2011 | Admira Wacker | 13 | (4) |
| 2012 | Alajuelense | 4 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Costa Rica U20 | ||
| 1997–2009 | Costa Rica | 22 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Froylán Greing Ledezma Stephens (born 2 January 1978) is a retired Costa Rican international football forward.
He is nicknamed as El Cachorro which means "The Puppy".
A strong, quick and explosive striker, he debuted in the Costa Rican league on 14 January 1995 at the age of 17 with Alajuelense against Municipal Pérez Zeledón. In the 1995–96 season, he scored 14 goals and played 41 games, and followed up the next season with 21 goals in 27 matches.
He was scouted by Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam and after that, invited for a trial by their big rivals Feyenoord. But Ajax signed him in 1997 for around 4.5 million euros in spectacular fashion after 'kidnapping' him from Amsterdam Airport under Feyenoord's nose. However, the promising youngster was not a success in Dutch football, only playing twice for Ajax. He was suspended by Ajax for indiscipline after his first season until his contract ended (almost three years later).
In 2001 he signed for Cerro Porteño but was not eligible to play immediately since Ajax had not formally released him. In February 2002 he broke his foot in a warm-up match in Chile while also being overweight and in May 2002 he was taken in custody shortly after he was involved in a fight with traffic police outside a bar where he had wrongly parked his car.
Afterwards, he went back to Costa Rica where he surprisingly signed for Saprissa (Alajuelense's archrival). After Saprissa, he played in Bolivia with The Strongest, he soon became an important piece of the starting line-up, playing in the Copa Libertadores. He became only the third Costa Rican to score in the Libertadores after netting in February 2003 against Uruguayan side Fénix.
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