Esteban Sirias

Ángel Esteban Sirias Aviles (born 3 October 1980) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays for AS Puma.

Esteban Sirias
Personal information
Full name Ángel Esteban Sirias Aviles
Date of birth (1980-10-03) 3 October 1980
Place of birth Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left Wing Back
Club information
Current team
 AS Puma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Alajuelense
2006–2007 Cartaginés 48 (3)
2007–2010 Liberia Mía 83 (7)
2010–2011 Saprissa 20 (0)
2012 Belén 5 (2)
2013–2014 Cartaginés 53 (3)
2014– AS Puma 6 (0)
National team‡
2007–2009 Costa Rica 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 31, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 16, 2008
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sirias and the second or maternal family name is Aviles.

Club career

Sirias made his professional debut for Alajuelense in a league match against Limonense on April 28, 1999, coming up as a substitute and playing 12 minutes.[1] He spent six seasons with Liga, winning four league championships, one UNCAF club championship and one CONCACAF club championship.[1] In January 2006, he moved to Cartaginés[1] where he played until he joined Liberia Mía in June 2007.[2] After spells with Saprissa and Belén, Sirias returned to Cartaginés in December 2012[3] but was dismissed by the club in March 2014.[4] After considering retirement, he was persuaded by Marvin Chinchilla to move to AS Puma for the 2014 Invierno season.[5]

Goalkeeper

His debut as goalkeeper was in a match of the season summer 2013 against Deportivo Saprissa.[6] In the match the unique goalkeeper that Cartaginés had, Luis Torres, was expulsed for an action made in his area. Sirias was named the substitute goalkeeper, but did not manage to stop the penalty.

International career

Sirias made his debut for Costa Rica in an August 2007 friendly match against Peru[7] and earned a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]

His final international was a November 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Uruguay.

References
  1. "Sirias no lamenta salida de la Liga". Al Día. 2006-01-21.
  2. "Liberia espera a Fonseca y ya fichó a Sirias". Nacion. 2007-06-25.
  3. "Esteban Sirias firma con el Cartaginés" (in Spanish). Al Dia. 6 December 2012.
  4. Cartaginés separó del equipo a los jugadores Carlos Johnson, Esteban Sirias, Weller Wilson y Félix Montoya - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. AS Puma saca a Esteban Sirias de pensar en el retiro - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. Esteban Sirias ya sabía lo que era sustituir a un guardameta - Al Día (in Spanish)
  7. "International Friendly Matches 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  8. Esteban Sirias – FIFA competition record
  9. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF


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