Michael Barrantes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Barrantes Rojas | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cartaginés | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Ramonense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Belén | 27 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Puntarenas | 49 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | Deportivo Saprissa | 74 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Aalesund (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Aalesund | 115 | (31) |
| 2015 | Shanghai Shenxin | 13 | (4) |
| 2016 | Wuhan Zall | 26 | (4) |
| 2017– | Cartaginés | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Costa Rica | 53 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2014 |
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Michael Barrantes Rojas (born 4 October 1983 in Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican football midfielder. He currently plays for Cartaginés and the Costa Rica national football team.
On 6 November 2011 he scored two goals for Aalesund in the 2011 Norwegian Cup Final, in a 2–1 win against Brann, and was awarded the man of the match award. He won the Kniksen award as the best midfielder in the 2011 Tippeligaen.
Barrantes started his professional career with his native side A.D. Belén in 2003. Barrantes later joined the Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa after first playing two seasons for Puntarenas F.C. in 2007, much to the disappointment of Puntarenas fans. The following season he secured for his team the 2008 league title when he scored the winning goal in the last playoff match against LD Alajuelense. In May the following season he sustained a left knee injury that left him out for eight weeks.
In July 2010, after delivering an impressive display during Saprissa's European tour, he was signed by Norwegian side Aalesunds FK on loan, joining his compatriot Pablo Herrera who was already at the club. After some initial hurdles with the paperwork, Barrantes quickly became a favorite both with the players and coaching staff. He received his starting debut with Aalesunds on 12 September in an away loss against Odd Grenland, during which he caused a penalty 50 seconds into the match. And it became evident that the midfielder needed time to adjust to the European style of playing. The following season proved to be much more successful for Barrantes, as his game play not only saw him become the center piece of the Aalesunds midfield, the club also decided to make the loan-spell permanent, six months ahead of time.
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