Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joaquín Bernardo Guillén González | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1987–1998 | Alajuelense | 331 | |
1998–1999 | Municipal | ||
1999–2000 | Santos de Guápiles | ||
2001 | Cartaginés | ||
2001–2002 | Carmelita | ||
International career‡ | |||
1991–1998 | Costa Rica | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2015 |
Joaquín Bernardo Guillén González (born 12 January 1968) is a retired Costa Rican football player.
He played most of his career at hometown club Alajuelense.
Guillén totalled 331 league matches for Liga. [1] In summer 1998 he joined compatriots Rónald Gómez and Richard Smith at Guatemalan side Municipal. [2] He had a few seasons back at home with Santos de Guápiles, moved to Cartaginés in January 2001 [3] and joined Carmelita in summer 2001. [4]
Guillén made his debut for Costa Rica in a November 1991 friendly match against the United States and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [5] and played at the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup, [6] the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup [7] and the 1997 Copa América. [8]
His final international was a February 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against the United States.