Rónald Chaves

Rónald Chaves
Personal information
Full name	Rónald Chaves Hidalgo
Date of birth	6 December 1970
Place of birth	Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Escuela de Fútbol de Esparza
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Municipal Puntarenas
1994–1996	Ramonense
1996–1997	Alajuelense
1997–1999	Cartaginés
International career‡
1997	Costa Rica
Managerial career
2009–2010	Ramonense
2013	Puntarenas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014

Rónald Chaves Hidalgo (born 6 December 1970 in Esparza, Puntarenas^[1]) is a retired Costa Rican footballer.

Club career

Nicknamed el Carraco, Chaves played for Municipal Puntarenas, Ramonense, Alajuelense and Cartaginés. He won the 1996-97 Primera División de Costa Rica with Alajuelense.^[1]

He was a non-playing squad member at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Chaves made his debut for the senior Costa Rica national football team in a February 1997 friendly match against Slovakia^[1] and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match^[3]

He was manager of Ramonense in 2009^[4] but was dismisses after the 2010 Apertura.^[5] In 2013, Chaves was appointed manager of Puntarenas.^[6]

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