Roy Anthony Myers Francis (born April 13, 1969 in La Francia de Siquirres) is a Costa Rican former football player who played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa.
Club career Myers was known as El Maravilloso (The Marvellous) due to his natural talent to play the game, becoming a typical number 10. He made his professional debut for hometown club Limonense but in his country he played mostly with Saprissa, winning three national championships with them, as well as two CONCACAF Champions Cups. During his time with Saprissa, Myers was once suspended for 7 matches after insulting the referee and refusing to leave the pitch.Myers fuera siete fechas - Nación He had several spells abroad, playing in Uruguay with Peñarol in an injury-hit 1992,El Sur les dejó muchas enseñanzas - Al Día Pachuca of Mexico in the mid 1990s, Tolima of Colombia in 1997El humilde Flaco•Saprissa busca cómo pagarle al Tolima para que Roy Myers vuelva al Campeonato - Nación and later in Major League Soccer, where he played with the MetroStars and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
He finished his career at Cartaginés, where he was suspended for two matches and handed a fine for pushing a referee when three teammates were fined as well.4 juegos de castigo - Nación
International career Myers made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 1990 FIFA World Cup match against Brazil and earned a total of 48 caps, scoring 2 goals.Appearances for Costa Rica National Team - RSSSF He represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. He also played at the 1993, 1995UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF and 1999 UNCAF Nations CupsUNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF as well as at the 1993CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF and 1998 CONCACAF Gold CupsCONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF and the 1997 Copa América.Copa América 1997 - RSSSF
He collected his final cap in September 2000 in a World Cup qualifier against Barbados .
International goals Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 11 July 1993 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–1 1–1 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2. 18 July 1993 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 3–1 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Managerial career Myers became interim coach at Saprissa on 12 November 2009Ayer realizó su primera práctica Roy Myers llega como técnico interino de la ‘S’ - Nación but was fired in November 2010.Saprissa despide a Roy Myers como entrenador - Nación In December 2011 he became assistant at the Costa Rica national under-20 football team.Myers: Joven y con experiencia - Fedefut
Personal life Myers' brother Michael MyersMayorga por la reivindicación - Nación also played professionally and made it to the national team. Roy is married to Rogena McCook and they have two children.Roy Myers se retira del futbol - Nación
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