Juan Cayasso

Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Reid (born 24 June 1961) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.

Juan Cayasso
Cayasso in 2009
Personal information
Full name Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Reid
Date of birth (1961-06-24) 24 June 1961
Place of birth Limón, Costa Rica
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1987 Alajuelense 225 (62)
1988–1990 Saprissa
1990–1992 Stuttgarter Kickers 53 (11)
1992–1993 Carmelita
1993–1995 Saprissa 104 (27)
1996 Turrialba 4 (0)
1996 Belén 2 (0)
1996–1997 Goicoechea 14 (1)
1997–2000 Carmelita 88 (14)
2000–2001 MC Oran 25 (10)
Total 515 (140)
International career
1983–1993 Costa Rica 49 (9)
Managerial career
El Roble
2005 Limonense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cayasso and the second or maternal family name is Reid.

In 2014, the film Italia 90 was shot with actor Winston Washington featuring as Cayasso.[1]

Club career

Cayasso was born in Limón. He played for the two biggest teams in Costa Rica, starting out in Alajuelense in the early 1980s, and later switching to their arch-rivals Saprissa before the 1988 season. His transfer caused a lot of national attention because he was considered one of the most talented players in Costa Rica at the time. He made his debut for Alajuelense on 21 July 1981 against Ramonense and scored his first goal against Cartaginés on 11 April 1982.[2] He played 225 matches for Alajuelense, scoring 62 goals. He played 104 games in total for Saprissa, scoring 27 goals.[3]

Cayasso won several national championships, both with Saprissa and Alajuela, as well as a two CONCACAF Champions Cup titles, with Alajuelense in 1986 and with Saprissa in 1995. During the early 1990s, Cayasso played in the Bundesliga with Stuttgarter Kickers, and later came back to Saprissa, where helped his team win several titles more. In January 1996 he moved to Turrialba after finding it hard to get playing time at Saprissa[4] and in November 1996, Cayasso joined Goicoechea.[5]

He scored his 100th league goal on 18 March 1998 for Carmelita[3] but was released by them in March 2000.[6] He was given a testimonial match in November 2000.[7]

International career

Nicknamed el Nene (the Kid),[8] he made his debut for Costa Rica in 1983 and has earned a total of 49 caps, scoring 9 goals.[9] He has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[10] and is mostly remembered for scoring the first Costa Rican goal ever in a World Cup,[11] against Scotland during the 1990 World Cup finals played in Italy.[10] That game was won by the Ticos, against all predictions.

His final international was a July 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Jamaica. He also played at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.[10][12]

International goals
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cayasso goal.
List of international goals scored by Juan Cayasso
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
131 July 1988Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Panama1–02–01990 FIFA World Cup qualification
211 June 1989Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago1–01–01990 FIFA World Cup qualification
325 June 1989Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–04–21990 FIFA World Cup qualification
42 February 1990Orange Bowl, Miami, United States United States1–02–0Marlboro Cup
522 February 1990Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Soviet Union1–01–2Marlboro Cup
611 June 1990Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy Scotland1–01–01990 FIFA World Cup
715 July 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Mexico1–01–11993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
818 July 1993Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Martinique2–13–11993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
93–1

Managerial career

After coaching second division side El Roble, Cayasso took the reins at Limonense in January 2005, working for free since his hometown club was heavily in debt.[13] Later he became sports director and administrator at Limonense.[14] From 2012 he is a member of the Sports Committee of the canton Limón.[15]

Personal life

He is one of nine children of Arnoldo Cayasso Joseph and Muriel Reid Carr. He married 1988 to Marta Zamora and had 2 children, Jose Cayasso and Naomi Cayasso. He later divorced, remarried, and had another son, Juan Gabriel Cayasso.[3]

References
  1. Juan Cayasso está feliz con su doble – Al Día (in Spanish)
  2. Juan Cayasso "El futbol no tiene memoria" – Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Nene en blanco y negro (Biography) – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. Juan Cayasso a Turrialba – Nación (in Spanish)
  5. Experiencia por una oportunidad Cayasso se incorpora a Goicoechea – Nación (in Spanish)
  6. Carmelita aplica el látigo – Nación (in Spanish)
  7. Despedida para Juan Cayasso•Cayasso se retira mañana en un show futbolístico, en el Estadio Nacional – Nación (in Spanish)
  8. Juan Cayasso – Al Día (in Spanish)
  9. "Costa Rica – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  10. Juan Cayasso – FIFA competition record (archived)
  11. Cero Poses Juan Cayasso: Ángel de ébano – Nación (in Spanish)
  12. "Juan Cayasso". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  13. Técnico de Limonense Juan Cayasso trabaja de gratis – Al Día (in Spanish)
  14. Hacia el gol aquel – Nación (in Spanish)
  15. Ciclistas tomarán el Caribe el fin de semana – CRHoy (in Spanish)
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