Luis Gabelo Conejo vs Rolando Fonseca
Costa Rica against Costa Rica. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Luis Gabelo Conejo
Costa Rica · 1990s · GK
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Costa Rica
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 29 · 0 goals
- Clubs
- Asociación Deportiva Ramonense, C.S. Cartaginés, Albacete Balompié
Two goals conceded across three group games at Italia 90 took Costa Rica past Scotland and Sweden into the last 16, and when injury kept him out of that tie the side let in four against Czechoslovakia. FIFA put him in the tournament's all-star team as one of its two best goalkeepers, beside Sergio Goycochea; 29 caps followed, and at Albacete he kept goal as the club climbed into La Liga for the first time in 1991. Career record: 29 caps and 0 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Asociación Deportiva Ramonense, C.S. Cartaginés, Albacete Balompié.
Rolando Fonseca
Costa Rica · 1992–2011 · LM
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Costa Rica
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 113 · 47 goals
- Clubs
- Deportivo Saprissa, CF Pachuca, Comunicaciones
El Principito remains the all-time top scorer of the UNCAF Nations Cup with 19 goals, and he finished with 47 in 113 Costa Rica caps between 1992 and 2011, still the national record. He played at the 2002 World Cup, won three CONCACAF Champions' Cups with Saprissa in 1993 and 1995 and Alajuelense in 2004, took six Costa Rican championships and added six more in Guatemala with Comunicaciones. Career record: 113 caps and 47 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Deportivo Saprissa, CF Pachuca, Comunicaciones.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 82.
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