Where is Paulo Wanchope now?
A fan’s favourite at all three English Premier League clubs which he played for, Paulo Wanchope bowed out of professional football after a brief spell playing in the MLS with Chicago Fire.
Starting his playing career in 1993 with Costa Rican side Herediano, he went onto make over 300 first-team appearances over a 13-year period for nine clubs across the globe in countries such as Qatar, Argentina and Spain.
On the international scene he was an important member of the Costa Rica national side making 73 appearances and scoring 45 goals between 1996 and 2008 and was part of the squad which reached the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.
Wanchope had always expressed a desire to move into management once he retired from playing and had brief coaching spells at South American sides Uruguary Coronado and Herediano before joining the Costa Rican national side as their assistant manager in 2013.
After a successful World Cup in Brazil in 2014 where the Costa Rican team reached the quarter-finals, Wanchope was made interim manager after the departure of Jorge Luis Pinto before a permanent appointment as manager in Fenruary 2015.
In August 2015 he resigned from his role after a video of him having a brawl with a security guard during an under-23’s Olympic qualifying match went viral.
He has since completed his UEFA ‘A’ license and had managerial spells back in his native Costa Rica with Saprissa, Herediano and Municipal Perez Zeledon and is currently in his second spell back at CS Cartagines.
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Paulo Wanchope: Premier League Statistics
Nationality | Costa Rican |
Position | Forward |
Appearances | 156 |
Goals | 50 |
Yellow Cards | 34 |
Red Cards | 1 |
Premier League Teams Played for | Derby County, Manchester City, West Ham United |
Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com
Last Updated on 26 September 2023 by Admin