Kendall Waston

Kendall Waston

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Saprissa and loans

Waston made his professional debut for Saprissa in 2006 and played on loan for Carmelita in the Primera División de Costa Rica before moving abroad for a six-month loan spell with Club Nacional de Football in the Primera División Uruguaya from February 2008. In March 2010, Waston signed a three-month loan deal with Bayamón of the Puerto Rico Soccer League to help the club qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League. He later had three more loan spells, one at UCR and two at Pérez Zeledón. In May 2012 Waston returned to Deportivo Saprissa to be part of the first team.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On 8 August 2014, Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced a deal that they had acquired the defender from Saprissa. Waston joined the first team in the midst of their 2014 MLS season. On 25 October 2014, Waston scored the only goal in the Whitecaps' final game of the regular season, heading in a corner kick from Pedro Morales, sending the Whitecaps to the playoffs for the second time in their four years since joining MLS. The impact that Waston had on the Whitecaps' season after joining the club earned him a nomination for MLS Player of the Month for October. Waston played his 100th MLS game for the Whitecaps on 26 May 2018, against San Jose. He signed a new contract before the 2018 season, becoming a designated player under league rules. Waston was the captain of Vancouver Whitecaps, having been named so before the 2017 MLS season.

FC Cincinnati

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International career

A big defender, Waston was part of Costa Rica's 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad. Born in Costa Rica, Waston is of Jamaican descent. He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a May 2013 match against Canada and earned, as of December 2014, one more cap in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Honduras. On 8 October, he scored a 95th-minute equaliser for Costa Rica against Honduras to send Costa Rica to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. While placed on the bench for the first two games of the FIFA world cup Kendall had a chance to play in the third match and was able to score off a header and gain his first World Cup goal.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 18 November 2025

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Club
Municipal Pérez Zeledón (2013–2013)
Club
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2014–2018)
Club
Deportivo Saprissa (2006–2014)
Club
Club Nacional de Football (2008–2009)
Club
Bayamón FC (2010–2010)
Club
Club de Futbol Universidad de Costa Rica (2010–2011)
Club
Municipal Pérez Zeledón (2011–2012)
Club
Deportivo Saprissa (2021–)
Club
Costa Rica national under-17 football team (2005–2005)
Club
Costa Rica national under-20 football team (2007–2007)
Club
Costa Rica Olympic football team (2007–2007)
Club
Costa Rica men's national football team (2013–)
Club
FC Cincinnati (2019–2020)
League
Major League Soccer
National team
Costa Rica

Legacy

Honours

Saprissa

Liga FPD: Clausura 2014, Clausura 2021 Costa Rican Cup: 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps

Canadian Championship: 2015 Individual

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Player of the Year: 2015, 2017 MLS Best XI: 2015, 2017 MLS All-Star: 2016 CONCACAF Best XI: 2017

Clubs

Played together with

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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Costa Rican footballer

Position

centre-back

Extract from Wikipedia

Kendall Jamaal Waston Manley is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and forward for Liga FPD club Saprissa and the Costa Rica national team.

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