Cristhian Lagos

Cristhian Lagos CL9

Lagos playing for Santos
Personal information
Full name	Cristhian Lagos Navarro
Date of birth	(1984-08-17) 17 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Concepción, Tres Ríos o Alajuelita, Costa Rica
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Team information
Current team	A.D. CARMELITA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2020	Turrialba		(36)
2010	Brujas	24	(9)
2011	→ Alajuelense (loan)	15	(1)
2012	Santos de Guápiles	42	(28)
2013	Saprissa	18	(5)
2013	→ Santos de Guápiles (loan)	21	(13)
2014	Churchill Brothers	5	(2)
2014	Santos de Guápiles	16	(4)
2015–2017	Herediano	35	(12)
2016	→ Xelajú (loan)	18	(8)
2016–2017	→ Santos de Guápiles (loan)	31	(10)
2017–2019	Santos de Guápiles	43	(8)
2019–2020	Jicaral	20	(4)
2021	Sporting San Jose	4	(4)
2021	A.D. Carmelita	8	(4)
International career
2012–2013	Costa Rica[1]	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Cristhian Lagos Navarro (born 17 August 1984)^[2] is a Costa Rican professional footballer for A.D. Carmelita.

Club career

Early years

Born in Puntarenas Province, Lagos' parents decided to move to Limón where Cristhian went to school and worked in banana plantations. Only at 22 years of age he was offered the possibility to join second division side Turrialba.^[2] Lagos subsequently started his professional career at Turrialba before moving to Brujas in 2010.^[3] He joined Alajuelense on loan in February 2011^[4]

Deportivo Saprissa

On 14 December 2012 Lagos signed with Saprissa.^[5][6] He made his debut in a 2–1 loss against San Carlos. On 10 February Lagos scored his first goal with the club in a 2–2 tie against Puntarenas. In August 2013 he returned to Santos.^[7]

Churchill Brothers

On 27 December 2013 it was announced that Lagos had signed for Churchill Brothers of the I-League.^[8] On 11 March 2014, Lagos scored brace in AFC Cup match against Maldives side New Radiant SC in which Churchill Brothers won 3–0.^[9]

Back to Costa Rica

In June 2014 he returned to Santos de Guápiles, claiming the Indian side broke his contract by only paying him one month wages.^[10] He played for the club until the summer 2019, where he joined A.D.R. Jicaral. In 2020, he returned to his first club, Turrialba.^[11]

International career

A tall striker, Lagos was called for the Costa Rica national team in October for the World Cup Qualifiers against El Salvador and Guyana but did not appear in either of the two matches. Lagos made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Bolivia on 14 November 2012. Lagos scored his first goal with the national team in a 2–0 victory against Nicaragua in the Copa Centroamericana.^{[citation needed]}

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	20 January 2013	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	Nicaragua	1–0	2–0	2013 Copa Centroamericana	[12]

References

1. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Lagos, Christhian". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Goleador de Turrialba salió de las bananeras de Siquirres Las adversidades son el motor de Cristian Lagos Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
3. Goles de Cristian Lagos contra la adversidad Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
4. Alajuelense presentará hoy dos refuerzos Archived 27 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
5. "Lagos a conquistar la "Cueva"". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
6. "Cristhian Lagos y Diego Madrigal ya son jugadores del Saprissa - DEPORTES - la Nación". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
7. Cristian Lagos deja Saprissa y vuelve a Santos Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
8. "Cristian Lagos jugará en la India a partir de enero". Teletica. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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10. Cristian Lagos jugará en el Santos de Guápiles tras su paso por el fútbol de la India Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
11. Cristhian Lagos: el goleador del fútbol de Costa Rica que ahora es mantenido por aficionados, espn.com.mx, 4 April 2020
12. "Costa Rica clasifica a la Copa de Oro". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links

• Cristhian Lagos at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2010-13 League stats - Nación at archive.today (archived 12 August 2014) (in Spanish)
• Cristhian Lagos at Soccerway
• Cristian Lagos jugará a préstamo en el Xelajú de Guatemala‚ crhoy.com, 23 December 2015