Pablo Brenes

Template:Family name hatnote Pablo Andrés Brenes Quesada (born 4 August 1982) is a Costa Rican soccer player.

Club career

Brenes' first team in Major League Soccer (MLS) was the MetroStars,<ref>Generaleño Pablo Brenes ficha con el Metro stars de USA - Pérez Zeledón.net Template:In lang</ref> whom he joined from Pérez Zeledón in Costa Rica, signing with the team on June 4, 2004. He finished the year with no goals or assists in 14 games. Brenes was then taken by Real Salt Lake in the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft,<ref>Still Waiting for a New Home - New York Times</ref> but never played a game with the team. He was traded to Saprissa for Douglas Sequeira<ref>Pablo Brenes a Saprissa - Nación Template:In lang</ref> (who was then sent to Chivas USA).

With Saprissa, he has won a national championship and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup,<ref>FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005 Squad List - FIFA</ref> where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool. In 2008, he joined Brujas.<ref>Brujas carga pilas para el Invierno - Nación Template:In lang</ref>

In summer 2011, Brenes signed a three short tournament<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and debuted in the tie against Alajuelense, scoring the team's goal. He was released by Cartaginés in May 2013.<ref>Iván Pailos, Pablo Brenes y Edgar Greaves fuera del Cartaginés - Nación Template:In lang</ref>

He was later released by his new club Santos de Guápiles in November 2013.<ref>Pablo Brenes, Enoc Pérez y Miguel Marín separados del Santos de Guápiles - Nación Template:In lang</ref>

International career

Brenes was a fixture for the Under-23 Costa Rica national football team, and played a major role in the team's run in the 2004 Summer Olympics,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> impressing many observers.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a June 2005 friendly match against China and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches<ref>Template:FIFA player</ref> and played at the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup<ref>UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF</ref> as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup<ref>CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full DetailsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore - RSSSF</ref> where he played his final international in July 2009 against Mexico.

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Concachampions		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2010–11	Cartaginés	Primera División	13	4	-	-	-	-	13	4
2011–12			35	12	-	-	-	-	35	12
2012–13			19	3	-	-	-	-	19	3
Career Total			67	19	-	-	-	-	67	19

External links

• Template:NFT player