Roberto Tyrrel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Evans Tyrrel Jessamy | ||
| Date of birth | April 10, 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Date of death | April 25, 1999 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950– | Don Bosco | ||
| Ancón | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| 1961–1974 | Alajuelense | 189 | |
| International career‡ | |||
| Panama | 6 | (0) | |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 August 2015 | |||
Roberto Evans Tyrrel Jessamy (April 10, 1936 – April 25, 1999) was a Panamanian footballer who played 24 years as a professional goalkeeper in both the Panamanian football league and Costa Rica football league.
Roberto Tyrrel debut came when he was 14 years old with Panamanian team Don Bosco,[1] and also played for local sides Ancon and Union Española, until finally landing in 1961 in Costa Rican professional team Alajuelense, where he became the first foreigner contracted by such team. There he won three Primera Division championships (1966, 1970 and 1971) and in 1967 he was crowned Campeon de Campeones still with Alajuelense.[1] It is said his most notable game was against Ramonense in 1970 where he played midfield and scored two goals against los poetas. He played 189 league games for Liga.[2] He retired in 1974.
International career
In his natal Panama he is considered one of the best goalkeepers who has ever defended the Panamanian goal, although he played very little on their national team. His debut with the Panama national team followed when he played in the I Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe in San José, Costa Rica in December 1954 as a member of the youth team. Tyrrel later played at the 1963 CONCACAF Championship[3] and totaled 6 games with the national team until his retirement in 1974.
