David Myrie

David Myrie
Myrie playing for Herediano in 2017
Personal information
Full name David Andrew Myrie Medrano
Date of birth (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 38)
Place of birth Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
2001–2005 Limón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Cádiz
2006–2007 → Barbate (loan) 5 (1)
2007–2008 Puntarenas 11 (0)
2008–2009 Alajuelense 14 (0)
2009 Chicago Fire 0 (0)
2010 Philadelphia Union 1 (0)
2010–2011 Limón 21 (2)
2011 Fredrikstad 2 (1)
2012 Limón 12 (0)
2012–2013 Uruguay 29 (4)
2013–2016 Herediano 103 (5)
2016 San Carlos 8 (0)
2017 Deportivo Saprissa 21 (1)
2017–2018 Pérez Zeledón 33 (0)
2019 Limón
International career
Costa Rica U17 4 (0)
2007 Costa Rica U20 3 (0)
2010–2019 Costa Rica 24 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Andrew Myrie Medrano (born 1 June 1988) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Myrie started his professional career with Cádiz of the Spanish Segunda División. He later moved back to Costa Rica, play with both Puntarenas, and Alajuelense. Myrie made 12 appearances for Puntarenas during the 2007–08 season and 16 appearances for Alajuelense during the 2008–09 season.

Major League Soccer

Myrie signed for the Chicago Fire on 15 September 2009, but did not make any league appearances for the club. Myrie was subsequently selected by Philadelphia Union in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft on 25 November 2009, before he had made his senior debut for Chicago. On 30 March 2010 Myrie was released by the Philadelphia Union, despite starting in the club's inaugural game.

On 2 August 2011 Myrie was announced as the new player of Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (FFK) Myrie was signed as a replacement for Cristian Gamboa, who was sold to FC København one day before Myrie came to Fredrikstad.

On 27 May 2013 Myrie was signed by Herediano of the Primera División de Costa Rica.

International career

Myrie was part of the Costa Rican 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship squad as well as the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a November 2010 friendly match against Jamaica and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. He was a last minute inclusion in the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad after injury to Heiner Mora and played one game in Brazil. He also played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana.

Personal life

David is the younger brother of fellow Costa Rican international defender Roy Myrie.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dave Myrie Medrano" (in Spanish). Nacion.com. Retrieved 25 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  3. 1 2 "Washington". chicagofiresoccer.blogspot.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Major League Soccer: News: Union select 10 players in expansion draft". Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Philadelphia Union : News". Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Heredia is behind Dave Myrie, Leandrinho and Hansell Arauz" (in Spanish). Al Dia.cr. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 David Myrie – FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ↑ "Heiner Mora se lesiona y dice adiós al Mundial; Dave Myrie lo sustituye". Nacion.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup)". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Selección Infantil de futbol Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)