Cristhian Lagos

Cristhian Lagos Navarro (born 17 August 1984[1]) is a Costa Rican footballer for Sporting San Jose.

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Lagos with Santos in a match against Limón
Personal information
Full name Cristhiam Lagos Navarro
Date of birth (1984-08-17) 17 August 1984
Place of birth Concepción, Tres Ríos o Alajuelita,Costa Rica
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club information
Current team
 Sporting San Jose
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2020 Turrialba (36)
2010 Brujas 24 (9)
2011 → Alajuelense (loan) 15 (1)
2012 Santos de Guápiles 42 (28)
2013 Saprissa 18 (5)
2013 → Santos de Guápiles (loan) 21 (13)
2014 Churchill Brothers 5 (2)
2014 Santos de Guápiles 16 (4)
2015–2017 Herediano 35 (12)
2016 → Xelajú (loan) 18 (8)
2016–2017 → Santos de Guápiles (loan) 31 (10)
2017–2019 Santos de Guápiles 43 (8)
2019–2020 Jicaral 20 (4)
2021– Sporting San Jose 4 (0)
National team
2012–2013 Costa Rica 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Born in Puntarenas Province, Lagos' parents decided to move to Limón where Cristhian went to school and worked in banana plantations. Only at 22 years of age he was offered the possibility to join second division side Turrialba.[1] Lagos subsequently started his professional career at Turrialba before moving to Brujas in 2010.[2] He joined Alajuelense on loan in February 2011[3]

Deportivo Saprissa

On December 14, 2012 Lagos signed with Saprissa.[4][5] He made his debut in a 2-1 loss against San Carlos. On February 10 Lagos scored his first goal with the club in a 2-2 tie against Puntarenas. In August 2013 he returned to Santos.[6]

Churchill Brothers

On 27 December 2013 it was announced that Lagos had signed for Churchill Brothers of the I-League.[7] On 11 March 2014, Lagos scored brace in AFC Cup match against Maldives side New Radiant SC in which Churchill Brothers won 3-0.[8]

Back to Costa Rica

In June 2014 he returned to Santos de Guápiles, claiming the Indian side broke his contract by only paying him one month wages.[9] He played for the club until the summer 2019, where he joined A.D.R. Jicaral. In 2020, he returned to his first club, Turrialba.[10]

International career

A tall striker, Lagos was called for the Costa Rica national team in October for the World Cup Qualifiers against El Salvador and Guyana but did not appear in either of the two matches. Lagos made his debut in a 1-1 draw against Bolivia on November 14, 2012. Lagos scored his first goal with the national team in a 2-0 victory against Nicaragua in the Copa Centroamericana


Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.20 January 2013Estadio Nacional Nicaragua1–02–0CCA[11]

References
  1. Goleador de Turrialba salió de las bananeras de Siquirres Las adversidades son el motor de Cristian Lagos Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. Goles de Cristian Lagos contra la adversidad - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Alajuelense presentará hoy dos refuerzos - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.nacion.com/2012-12-14/Deportes/Cristhian-Lagos-y-Diego-Madrigal-ya-son-jugadores-del-Saprissa.aspx
  6. Cristian Lagos deja Saprissa y vuelve a Santos - Nación (in Spanish)
  7. "Cristian Lagos jugará en la India a partir de enero". Teletica. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/130915/churchill-brothers-sc-vs-new-radiant/report?ICID=CP_1083
  9. Cristian Lagos jugará en el Santos de Guápiles tras su paso por el fútbol de la India - Nación (in Spanish)
  10. Cristhian Lagos: el goleador del fútbol de Costa Rica que ahora es mantenido por aficionados, espn.com.mx, 4 April 2020
  11. "Costa Rica clasifica a la Copa de Oro". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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