Christian Bolanos

Christian Bolanos Navarro (born 17 May 1984) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saprissa. Since his international debut in 2005, Bolanos has earned over 80 international caps and played at three FIFA World Cups.

His brother Jonathan is also a footballer.

Club Career

Deportivo Saprissa

With Saprissa Bolanos won various national championships as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. Bolanos participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, and was awarded by FIFA as the third best player of the tournament. Following this success he was invited to attend a ten-day trial with Liverpool, although he was not signed on a permanent basis.

On 9 August 2006, he signed a one-year loan deal with Premier League side Charlton Athletic. However, he failed to obtain a work permit having not played enough games for his country, and the deal fell through.

OB

On 2 June 2007, he signed a three-year contract with the Danish side OB in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Struggling to make an impact on the strong Danish midfield, Bolanos was a target for other clubs.

Start

On 6 November 2008, he signed a contract with newly promoted Norwegian side Start starting 1 January 2009.

In IK Start's first test against a Tippeligaen side, Bolanos received rave reviews from the media after outplaying Norwegian international Trond Erik Bertelsen of Viking, who a few days earlier had controlled Bastian Schweinsteiger during Norway's win against Germany. Start coach Knut Torum said after the game that he will be playing on the right wing during the 2009 season. In his first official match for Start, Bolanos scored two goals against Stromsgodset.

FC Copenhagen

On 30 August 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the defending champions of Denmark, FC Copenhagen at a cost of 1 mill. euros, or 7,5 mio

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