Lester Morgan

Lester Morgan
Personal information
Full name Lester Morgan Suazo
Date of birth (1976-05-02)2 May 1976
Place of birth Santa Cruz de Guanacaste,
Costa Rica
Date of death 1 November 2002(2002-11-01) (aged 26)
Place of death San Rafael de Heredia, Costa Rica
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995-1996 Guanacasteca
1996-1999 Herediano
1999-2000 Venados de Yucatán
2000-2002 Herediano
National team
1999-2002 Costa Rica 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Morgan and the second or maternal family name is Suazo.

Lester Morgan Suazo (2 May 1976 – 1 November 2002) was a Costa Rican professional football goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste,[1] he tried his luck as a sweeper and center-forward before turning goalkeeper. He made his professional debut for Guanacasteca on 10 September 1995 against Belén and joined Herediano for the 1996-97 season.[1] He had been unlucky with injuries, which have often struck just as his international career seemed set to take off. He had a brief season in Mexico with Venados de Yucatán[1] before returning to Costa Rica.

International career

He was a member of the Costa Rican squad in the 1995 World Youth Cup in Qatar.[2]

Morgan made six appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[2] He made his debut for the Tico's in a friendly against Jamaica on February 24, 1999[3] and collected his 6th and final cap against Colombia just before the 2002 World Cup Finals.

Death

He committed suicide in November 2002 by shooting himself in San Rafael de Heredia. He left a suicide note explaining that he was under severe duress due to alimony[4] as he had children with three different women and with his wife. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Futbol pierde una sonrisa - Nación (Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Lester Morgan – FIFA competition record
  3. ↑ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Se suicida el portero Lester Morgan". AS.com. 2002-11-01.
  5. ↑ http://www.diariogol.com/es/notices/2015/10/lester-morgan-espejo-de-keylor-navas-54152.php


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