Paulo Wanchope
Wanchope with Tokyo in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo César Wanchope Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Herediano | 14 | (20) |
| 1997–1999 | Derby County | 72 | (23) |
| 1999–2000 | West Ham United | 35 | (12) |
| 2000–2004 | Manchester City | 64 | (27) |
| 2004–2005 | Málaga | 25 | (6) |
| 2005 | Al-Gharafa | 6 | (1) |
| 2006 | Herediano | 10 | (3) |
| 2006 | Rosario Central | 14 | (5) |
| 2007 | FC Tokyo | 11 | (3) |
| 2007 | Chicago Fire | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 264 | (102) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2008 | Costa Rica | 73 | (45) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Herediano | ||
| 2010–2011 | Uruguay Coronado | ||
| 2010–2014 | Costa Rica (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Costa Rica | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paulo César Wanchope Watson (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaulo wanˈtʃope]; born 31 July 1976), more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former footballer and former Head Coach of the Costa Rica national football team.
As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the Costa Rica national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international matches.
Born in Heredia, Wanchope began his career with CS Herediano moving to England to play with Derby County along with fellow Costa Rican Mauricio Solís on 27 March 1997. He cost Derby £600,000.
Wanchope marked his debut for Derby scoring a memorable goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford, beating four United players before slotting past Peter Schmeichel during a 3–2 win – the goal was later voted the greatest in the club's history by the Derby fans as part of the club's 125th Anniversary Celebrations.
He scored 13 league goals in 1997–98 as Derby finished ninth – their highest finish since 1989 – and helped them go one better in 1998–99 when his nine goals that season helped the Rams finish eighth.
After scoring 28 goals in 83 games within 2 seasons for Derby, Wanchope was sold to West Ham United for £3.5 million on 28 July 1999.
Wanchope made his debut for West Ham on 28 July 1999, at Upton Park, against Heerenveen in the Intertoto Cup. His first West Ham goal came on 4 August 1999 in the away leg of the same tie. He scored 15 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions; his final game coming on 14 May 2000, at home to Leeds United. During his one year at Upton Park Wanchope formed a deadly partnership with Paolo Di Canio, the two scored a combined 31 league goals in the 1999-2000 season, and West Ham finished 9th in the Premier League, putting them in the top nine for the third consecutive season. He was eventually sold to Manchester City at the start of the 2000-01 season, following the arrivals of Davor Šuker and Frédéric Kanouté, for a fee of £3.65million.
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