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Costa Rica · 1928–98Alejandro Morera Soto
Rating
83
Caps
7
Goals
6
Life
1909–1995
Clubs
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, FC Barcelona, Hércules CF
#5
Editorial rank of 33 for Costa Rica
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
In 1933 he beat Ricardo Zamora in a 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid, and closed his first Spanish season as Barcelona's leading scorer with 41 goals. El Mago del Balón scored 312 league goals in 364 Alajuelense games, took Costa Rican titles in 1928, 1939 and 1945 and the Catalan championship in 1935, and was voted his country's player of the century in 1998; his heart lies beneath the east stand of the ground named after him. Career record: 7 caps and 6 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, FC Barcelona, Hércules CF.
Career record
| 1925–1932 | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| 1933–1935 | FC Barcelona |
| 1933–1933 | RCD Espanyol de Barcelona |
| 1935–1936 | Hércules CF |
| 1936–1936 | Le Havre |
| 1936–1947 | Liga Deportiva Alajuelense |
| Costa Rica | 7 caps, 6 goals |
Shared the era
Costa Rica legends whose careers overlapped Soto's