Daniel Chacón (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Alonso Chacón Salas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Turrialba, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alajuelense | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Cartaginés | 105 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Colorado Rapids 2 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Cartaginés (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Alajuelense (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2024 | Colorado Rapids 2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | Alajuelense | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Costa Rica | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 January 2023 | |||
Daniel Alonso Chacón Salas (born 11 April 2001) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team.
Chacón joined up with C.S. Cartaginés as a youngster and made his senior debut for the club on 19 November 2017 as a 16 year-old.[2] He scored a first goal for the club on 27 September 2020 against Saprissa in a 2–1 victory.[3] In 2020 he was linked with a move to Portuguese side G.D. Estoril Praia however the transfer fell through.[4] With his contract running out in 2022 Chacón was again linked with a move away, with interest reportedly coming from rival Liga FPD club Saprissa as well as from an unnamed Belgian side.[5] In June 2022, Colorado Rapids 2 announced the signing of Chacón at the end of his contract with Cartaginés in the following month.[6] His contract with Colorado lasts through the 2023 season.[7] General manager Brian Crookham describing him as "one of the most talented players in an up-and-coming generation of Costa Rican players."[8][9][10] In July 2022, Chacón was loaned back to Cartaginés for the remainder of the season, ending in October.[11] On 3 July 2023, it was announced Chacón would join Colorado Rapids's Major League Soccer roster on a deal until the end of the 2025 season and was immediately loaned to Alajuelense until the end of the season.[12] Chacón and Colorado mutually agreed to terminate his contract at the club on 4 February 2025.[13]
