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Paulo CĂ©sar Wanchope Watson (born July 31, 1976)
is a Costa Rican football (soccer)|football
player, who currently plays for Al-Garafah, in
Qatar.  Although at times scintillating, Wanchope
may have been something of a disappointment in
English football because of a reputation for
inconsistency.

Wanchope began his career in England with Derby
County F.C.|Derby County, who he joined in 1997,
and for whom he scored against Manchester United
F.C.|Manchester United in his debut.  After
scoring 28 goals in 79 games for Derby County,
Wanchope was sold to West Ham United F.C.|West Ham
United.  He never quite settled in at West Ham,
despite scoring 15 goals in 46 games, and was
eventually sold to Manchester City F.C.|Manchester
City.  Wanchope earned a starting position at Man
City, and helped lead the team to promotion to the
FA Premier League.

At the end of the 2004 season, Wanchope was sold
to Málaga CF of the Spanish league for 500,000
pounds.

Wanchope has been hugely important to the Costa
Rica national football team|Costa Rican national
team, playing for the club in the Football World
Cup 2002|2002 World Cup, several CONCACAF Gold
Cup|Gold Cups, and is second all-time in goals
scored for Los Ticos (to Rolando Fonseca) with a
total of 40 in 57 games for the team.

In 2005, ESPN awarded Wanchope for scoring the
best goal of the entire 2004/05 La Liga|Spanish
First Division against CD Numancia|Numancia.