Haxzel Quirós Cruz
Defender · Costa Rica · №5
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
England
Costa Rica
Friendlies
|
3:0 | |
Jordan
Costa Rica
Friendlies
|
2:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 2026 | 2 |
About the player
Football fans in Nicoya know Haxzel Quirós Cruz as the local boy who made it to Costa Rica's top flight with Club Sport Herediano. His left foot has done the talking: against Pérez Zeledón, he took a chance from distance and beat the goalkeeper with a strike that showed exactly why coaches trust him to shoot rather than pass in those moments.
As a forward, Quirós Cruz has built his reputation on that shooting ability, arriving late into space to get an effort away before defenders can close him down. The Pérez Zeledón goal stands as the clearest example of what he offers going forward — a player comfortable pulling the trigger from range rather than waiting for a tap-in.
Details of his path before Herediano remain thin, but his time in Costa Rica's première division has been enough to put his name on the scoresheet against established opposition, a marker of a forward finding his level in the country's top competition.
