Costa Rica · 1997–2008José Luis López
Rating
77
#29
Editorial rank of 33 for Costa Rica
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Herediano sent him out against Saprissa on 4 January 1997, still fifteen years old, and he was still playing top-flight football seventeen years later. Eight seasons at Saprissa brought five national championships, a CONCACAF Champions Cup and third place at the 2005 Club World Championship in Japan, while a loan spell at Melbourne Victory added the 2008-09 A-League championship and premiership; he won 34 caps.
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Costa Rica legends whose careers overlapped López's