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Apodo : “Kikín”
Fecha de nacimiento : Martes, 02 de Oct. de 1979
País de nacimiento : México
Lugar de nacimiento : León
Peso : 79.00 kg.
Altura : 1.84 mts.
Fecha de Debut : Domingo, 22 de Jul. de 2001 (Guadalajara 1-1 La Piedad)
International career
Fonseca is an emerging force at forward for the Mexican national team. On April 2, 2006, coach Ricardo Lavolpe selected him in the 23 man Mexican squad for the 2006 World Cup, in Germany. He scored his first goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Portugal and won the Man Of The Match Award given by FIFA in the defeat of Mexico versus Portugal. After being selected by Hugo Sanchez for the 2007 Gold Cup, Fonseca was dropped from the squad for the 2007 Copa America due to his low performances and being shown the yellow card two games in a row for un-called for fouls and complaints against refs. Despite an injury to star striker Jared Borgetti, Fonseca declined invitation to the 2007 Copa America. Even though he was Hugo’s first choice, he took Luis Angel Landin instead, since this incident, he has not been called up to the national team since. On August 7th, 2008, Fonseca was called up to join Ericksson’s second list of players, after an almost 1 and a half drought of not playing with the natonal team.
[edit] SL Benfica
On July 27, 2006, Fonseca signed a four year contract with Portuguese giants, SL Benfica. Although playing in only 8 league games and scoring 1 goal (he also played in 3 cup games scoring 2 goals) in Portugal, Benfica’s fans liked Kikin’s attitude and his charismatic personality. His first goal at SL Benfica was on December 21, 2006 when he headed in a pass from Nuno Gomes against Belenenses. Kikin scored another two goals in a match of the 4th round of the Taça de Portugal between Oliveira do Bairro SC and Benfica that ended 5-0.[1]
After a half season with Benfica, he was transferred to Mexico’s UANL Tigres for the start of the Clausura 2007. Kikin hasn’t regained the form that saw him reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup since it ended. Right now he isn’t even in the starting eleven for the Tigres.[citation needed] For the 2007-2008 season he has appeared in 29 matches and has scored only 1 goal.
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