No Costa Rican has played more league football than Obando, whose 685 appearances across Herediano, Cartaginés, Saprissa and a string of smaller clubs left him one game clear of Julio Fuller. He won 51 caps, travelled with the squad that reached the last sixteen at Italia 90 on Costa Rica's first World Cup appearance, and scored his only international goal against Cuba in Alajuela on 24 June 1980. Career record: 51 caps and 1 goals for Costa Rica; club career at C.S. Herediano, Asociación Deportiva San Carlos, C.S. Cartaginés.
| 1979–1983 | C.S. Herediano |
| 1984–1984 | Asociación Deportiva San Carlos |
| 1985–1990 | C.S. Herediano |
| 1991–1991 | C.S. Cartaginés |
| 1992–1992 | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 1992–1993 | C.S. Herediano |
| 1995–1995 | C.S. Herediano |
| 1995–1997 | A.D. Turrialba |
| 1997–1998 | C.S. Herediano |
| 1998–1999 | Asociación Deportiva Ramonense |
| 1999–2000 | Puntarenas |
| Costa Rica | 51 caps, 1 goals |
Costa Rica legends whose careers overlapped Obando's
One rank above: Kendall Waston at #30.
One rank below: Rodrigo Kenton at #32.
Costa Rica's editorial top five: Keylor Navas · Bryan Ruiz · Celso Borges · Paulo Wanchope · Alejandro Morera Soto.