Fernando Patterson

Costa Rican footballer (born 1970)

Fernando Patterson
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro
Date of birth	(1970-02-11) 11 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	La Francia de Siquirres, Costa Rica
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Limonense
1990–1994	Turrialba
1994–1996	Municipal Puntarenas		(3)
1996–1998	Xelajú	7	(0)
1998–1999	Cobán Imperial
1999–2001	Xelajú	20	(0)
2002–2003	Cartaginés
2003–2004	Ramonense
2004–2007	Xelajú	85	(5)
2008	San Carlos	0	(0)
2008–2009	Heredia Jaguares	25	(2)
2009–2010	Xelajú	37	(3)
2010–2011	Xinabajul	41	(0)
2011	Coatepeque	0	(0)
2012–2013	Xelajú	57	(0)
International career
1993	Costa Rica	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Arturo Patterson Castro (born 15 March 1970 in Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican former football goalkeeper who finished his career at Xelajú in Guatemala's top division.

He is a naturalized citizen of Guatemala.

Club career

Born in La Francia de Siquirres,^[1] Patterson has spent part of his playing career in Costa Rica, but he has spent most of it in Guatemala with Xelajú.

He made his debut in 1989 at Limonense and played 113 matches, scoring three goals when also deployed as a striker,^[1] for Limonense, Turrialba and Puntarenas,^[2] before moving abroad to play in Guatemala with Xelajú and Cobán Imperial. He joined Cartaginés in January 2002^[2] and moved to Ramonense in 2003. In summer 2004, Patterson returned to Xelajú.

He signed for San Carlos in January 2008^[3] from Guatemalan side Xelajú, only for him to disappear from the club three weeks later.^[4] He ended up playing in Guatemala again for Heredia Jaguares. He signed again for Xelaju from Heredia in June 2009.^[5] In May 2011 he returned for another spell at Xela after a season at Xinabajul,^[6] only to send him to Coatepeque for the 2011 Apertura season.^[7] He returned to playing for Xelajú in 2012^[8] and saved three penalties in the 2012 Clausura final against Municipal for Xelajú to clinch the league title and Pattersons third title with the club after 1996 and 2007.^[9]

Patterson retired in June 2013, at 43 years of age.^[10]

Goalscoring

As of April 2007, he had scored 24 league goals and two in the Guatemalan Cup.^[11] In November 2009, he was ranked 8th of goalkeepers who had scored most goals by the IFFHS with 28 goals in total^[12] and in February 2013 he ranked 7th with 35 goals.^[13]

International career

Patterson made his debut for Costa Rica in a July 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup third place match against Jamaica.^[14] The game proved to be his only cap since he never played again for the Ticos.

References

^ ^a ^b Trayectoria bajo el marco - Al Día (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Optimista en Cartago Patterson quiere pulir su nombre - Nación (in Spanish)
^ Fernando Patterson es jugador de la AD San Carlos Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - AD San Carlos (in Spanish)
^ Fernando Patterson está desaparecido de San Carlos - Nacion (in Spanish)
^ Fernando Patterson vuelve a Xela Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
^ Xelajú confirma cinco refuerzos para la próxima temporada - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
^ Malacateco enfrentará a Coatepeque en juego amistoso - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
^ Fernando Patterson es el amuleto chivo - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
^ Comienza otro reto para Fernando Patterson con Xelajú MC - Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
^ El portero de Costa Rica, Fernando Patterson, se retira - Nación (in Spanish)
^ Porteros ticos con más de dos años sin goles - Nación (in Spanish)
^ Patterson es octavo portero con más gol - Nación (in Spanish)
^ Patterson es de los porteros con gol - Nación (in Spanish)
^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF