Rónald Chaves

Costa Rican footballer (born 1970)

Rónald Chaves
Personal information
Full name	Rónald Chaves Hidalgo
Date of birth	(1970-12-06) 6 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Escuela de Fútbol de Esparza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Municipal Puntarenas
1994–1996	Ramonense
1996–1997	Alajuelense
1997–1999	Cartaginés
International career^‡
1997	Costa Rica	4	(0)
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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Figuras del ayer: Rónald Cháves". UNAFUT. 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
^ 1989 World Youth Cup Costa Rica Roster - FIFA
^ Rónald Chaves – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ “Carraco” Chaves se mantendrá al frente de Ramonense - AD Ramonense
^ No más "Carraco" en Ramonense - AD Ramonense
^ Rónald “Carraco” Chaves, técnico del Puntarenas Archived 2014-06-07 at the Wayback Machine - DiarioXtra (in Spanish)