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Costa Rica · 2014–25Cristian Gamboa
Rating
80
Caps
78
Goals
3
Life
1989
Clubs
Municipal Liberia, Rosenborg BK, VfL Bochum
#12
Editorial rank of 33 for Costa Rica
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Between the 2014 and 2018 World Cups he spent a season inside the Celtic side that won every domestic trophy of 2016-17 without losing a match. Two Scottish Premiership titles came from that spell, and he made 78 appearances for Costa Rica with squads at both World Cups, a place in the 2017 CONCACAF Best XI, a Gold Cup semi-final that summer, promotion with VfL Bochum in 2021 and retirement in 2025. Career record: 78 caps and 3 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Municipal Liberia, Rosenborg BK, VfL Bochum.
Career record
| 2006–2010 | Municipal Liberia |
| 2010–2011 | Fredrikstad FK |
| 2011–2012 | F.C. Copenhagen |
| 2012–2014 | Rosenborg BK |
| 2014–2016 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 2016–2019 | Celtic |
| 2019–2025 | VfL Bochum |
| Costa Rica | 78 caps, 3 goals |
Shared the era
Costa Rica legends whose careers overlapped Gamboa's