Randall Brenes
Brenes with Kongsvinger
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Randall Brenes Moya | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Cartago, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker/Second striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cartaginés | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Cartaginés | 40 | (31) |
| 2005–2008 | Bodø/Glimt | 79 | (46) |
| 2008 | → Kongsvinger (loan) | 14 | (7) |
| 2009 | Kongsvinger | 29 | (7) |
| 2010–2012 | Cartaginés | 60 | (29) |
| 2012 | Khazar Lankaran | 11 | (4) |
| 2012– | Cartaginés | 59 | (8) |
| 2014 | → Sandnes Ulf | 11 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Costa Rica | 43 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2014 |
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Randall Brenes Moya (born 13 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Cartaginés. He also plays for the Costa Rica national football team.
Nicknamed El Chiqui (meaning Short or Small), due his height when he was at youth levels, he turned professional with Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway. Making an impressive rookie season scoring 21 goals in only 30 games.
He joined Bodø/Glimt with his compatriot Roy Miller, who was also a teammate in Cartaginés, in 2005. At this point Bodø/Glimt was part of the Norwegian top division (Tippeligaen), but got relegated the same year. The team therefore played in Adeccoligaen in 2006 where Brenes was top scorer with 13 goals, 6 of them off headers. In 2007, the team gained promotion to Tippeligaen after winning at home and away against Odd Grenland from Tippeligaen. Bodø/Glimt had a big positive surprise the following season in Tippeligaen, ending on a fourth place.
Brenes was loaned at the middle of the season to Adeccoligaen team Kongsvinger to help them remain the at the division, his compatriot Roy Miller, in the meantime, was sold to Rosenborg of Trondheim. In 2009, Brenes signed a full-time contract and helped Kongsvinger win promotion to Tippeligaen. But after the season ended, Brenes came to an agreement with the club to terminate his contract, because he wanted to move home to Costa Rica with his family.
Randall Brenes back for the tournament in Summer 2010 and Winter tournament in the same year shared the scoring with Éver Alfaro and helping the team reach the semifinals. Brenes spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons with Cartaginés and winning two scoring titles, one in the tournament in 2010 winter and the other in the 2011 winter tournament and being the best player declared by the Primera División de Costa Rica in the winter 2011 and carrying to Cartaginés to fourth in the table, scoring in four minutes in the first half on the first semifinal but losing against the Herediano 3–1 on aggregate.
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