Francisco Fonseca
Fonseca with Atlante in 2012
Personal information
Full name José Francisco Fonseca Guzmán[1]
Date of birth (1979-10-02) 2 October 1979
Place of birth León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–1998 León[2]
1998 Unión de Curtidores[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Unión de Curtidores 13 (4)
1999–2000 Atlético Yucatán 26 (8)
2000–2002 La Piedad 28 (0)
2002–2004 UNAM 80 (24)
2005–2006 Cruz Azul 48 (25)
2006 Benfica 8 (1)
2007–2010 Tigres UANL 109 (15)
2011–2013 Atlante 81 (11)
2014–2015 Santos de Guápiles 6 (0)
Total 399 (88)
International career
2004–2008 Mexico 43 (21)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-upCONCACAF Gold Cup2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán (born 2 October 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker.[4] He currently works as a football analyst for Televisa Deportes Network.

Club career

Born in León, Guanajuato, Fonseca made his first division debut with La Piedad in the 2001 Invierno season. After two seasons with Piedad, in which he played mostly as a substitute, Fonseca moved to UNAM Pumas, where he emerged as a star. After impressive showing in the 2003 Apertura and Clausura, he cemented his place in the Pumas starting lineup in the 2004 Clausura, during which he helped lead UNAM to a championship. After helping Pumas to a second title in the 2004 Apertura season, he was transferred to Cruz Azul, having registered 25 goals in 81 appearances for Pumas. At the beginning of 2005, Fonseca moved to Cruz Azul in one of the biggest transfers in Mexican league history. In Cruz Azul, he also was an important player playing 60 and registering 2 goals, help Cruz Azul reach the quarterfinals.

Benfica

On 27 July 2006, Fonseca signed a four-year contract with Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. Playing in only eight league games and scoring one goal (he also played in three cup games scoring two goals). His first goal at S.L. Benfica was on 21 December 2006 when he headed in a pass from Nuno Gomes against Belenenses. Kikin scored another two goals in a match of the 4th round of the Taça de Portugal between Oliveira do Bairro SC and Benfica that ended 5–0.[5]

After a half season with Benfica, he was transferred to Mexico's UANL Tigres for the start of the Clausura 2007.

International career

Fonseca was an emerging force at forward for the senior national team. On 2 April 2006, coach Ricardo Lavolpe selected him in the 23 man Mexican squad for the 2006 World Cup, in Germany. He scored his first goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Portugal and won the Man Of The Match Award given by FIFA in the defeat of Mexico versus Portugal. After being selected by Hugo Sánchez for the 2007 Gold Cup, Fonseca was dropped from the squad for the 2007 Copa America due to his low performances and being shown the yellow card two consecutive games for un-called for fouls and complaints against refs. Despite an injury to star striker Jared Borgetti, Fonseca declined invitation to the 2007 Copa America. Even though he was Hugo's first choice, he took Luis Angel Landin instead. On 7 August 2008, Fonseca was called up to join Ericksson's second list of players, after an almost 1 and a half year drought of not playing with the national team. He earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 21 goals.[6]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 12 November 2008[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 200446
20052010
200694
200781
200820
Total4321

International goals

Honours

La Piedad

UNAM

Tigres UANL

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Siempre quise jugar para León": 'Kikin' Fonseca (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ KIKÍN FONSECA, el futbolista que jugó 7 años fantásticos y 7 años muy grises (1999-2014) (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Jimenez, Daniel. "Francisco 'Kikín' Fonseca no continuará en el Santos". aldia.com. al dia. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Archived January 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Appearances for Mexico National Team - RSSSF
  7. ↑ Francisco Fonseca at National-Football-Teams.com
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