Whayne Wilson


Whayne Wilson Harris was a Costa Rican professional footballer.

Club career

Wilson started his career at second division Limonense and made his professional debut with Herediano on November 26, 1997, and scored his first league goal for Herediano against Goicoechea on March 4, 1998. He had his best season with Ramonense where he scored 20 goals to be the second leading scorer of the 2003–04 season. Wilson played for Cartaginés and then Brujas during the 2004–05 season. Overall, he scored 72 goals in 192 matches in the Primera División de Costa Rica.
His brother Kéndall is also a professional footballer.

International career

Wilson made 8 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in the Copa América 2004 against Chile on 16 February 2005. He appeared in all four matches and scored three goals as Costa Rica won the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005 tournament. Wilson also made two appearances during qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Wilson was a member of the Costa Rica national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Death

On May 14, 2005, Wilson's car collided with a truck on a highway along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Wilson died four days later in the Calderón Guardia hospital in San José, Costa Rica. He is survived by four young daughters and his partner Corina McKenzie. In 2011 another Costa Rican international, Dennis Marshall, died in a car accident on the same road.

Career statistics

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1February 21, 2005Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala1–02–12005 UNCAF Nations Cup
2February 25, 2005Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala3–04–02005 UNCAF Nations Cup
3February 27, 2005Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala1–11–12005 UNCAF Nations Cup
4March 26, 2005Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification