Costa Rica
Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rica - 48 years

Paulo Wanchope from Costa Rica have had advanced positions among the top scorers in Premier League and Copa América but never scored enough goals in any season to become the leagues number one top scorer.

He was born on 31 July 1976, and the place of birth was Heredia, Costa Rica and usually he played as striker. Paulo Wanchope has also scored some goals for his national team, totally 45 goals in 73 games for his Costa Rica. In 2007 Paulo Wanchope decided to stop with professional football.

Paulo Wanchope top scorer list postions

League, Team Season Goals Position Age Winner/leader
Copa América
2001
5
2 24 Víctor Aristizábal
Premier League
1999/2000
12
13 23 Kevin Phillips
Premier League
1998/1999
9
20 22 Dwight Yorke, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Michael Owen
Premier League
1997/1998
13
10 21 Chris Sutton, Dion Dublin and Michael Owen

Paulo Wanchope hat-tricks

Here you find 2 hat-tricks that Paulo Wanchope have scored over the years.

League Match and date Goals
EFL Championship 2001/2002
Manchester City - Burnley - 5-1
29 december 2001
3
2', 28', 45'
Premier League 2000/2001
Manchester City - Sunderland - 4-2
23 august 2000
3
4', 78', 88'

Information about Paulo Wanchope

Player position
Striker
Date of birth
31 July 1976
Place of birth
Heredia, Costa Rica
Retired
2007
Height
189 cm
National team caps
73
National team goals
45
Source: Wikipedia

Note that this is top scorer data we have in our database. Paulo Wanchope might be part of top scorer lists in other leagues we don't have here, or seasons we don't have in our database yet.