Winston Parks

 ( 1981 Births ) 

Winston Antonio Parks Tifet known also as "Bounty” (born 12 October 1981) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He played in Europe for Udinese Calcio, Ascoli, Slovan Liberec, Lokomotiv Moscow, Saturn Ramenskoye, Politehnica Timişoara and FC Baku.

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Club career Winston made his debut in the Costa Rican Primera División in 1999 with only in 17-year-old, playing with his hometown team Limonense and scored his first goal back on 28 November of the same year, he played this season mostly as a substitute, because he was competing at that moment against some players that succeeded during the next few years, like Kurt Bernard, Andy Herron, Rayner Robinson and Ricardo Douglas for a place in the starting line-up. The following season and after the sale of most of the players mentioned before, it was usual to see him in the starting line-up making a dangerous offensive triplet with Victor Núñez and Andy Herron.

His high internationally performances led the Italian club Udinese Calcio to purchase the player for $2.1 million from Limonense. Winston al Udinese - Nación However, due to injuries Parks was unable to earn a place in the club's first team, Se recupera de lesión Winston quiere jugar - Nación he was loaned for six months to Ascoli Renace y crece legión tica•Winston Parks será prestado seis meses al Áscoli italiano - Nación and eventually moved on to Lokomotiv Moscow, Costarricense Winston Parks podría ser fichado por el Lokomotiv ruso - Nación he was again loaned to Saturn Ramenskoye and then he was sold to Slovan Liberec. Tico Parks ficha con el Liberec checo - Nación

After spending six years in Europe he decided to moved back to Costa Rica looking for more minutes on the field in other the get in shape and find again his game and ability. He signed with Alajuelense in summer 2007, Winston Parks a la Liga - Nación but he has had a lot of injuries and only scored two goals in the Apertura's tournament.

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Politehnica Timișoara He returned to Europa and signed for the Romanian club in summer 2008. Winston Parks jugará en Rumanía - Nación Parks made his debut in an away match against FC Argeş where he played just one minute. He scored his first two goals against CS Otopeni in a 2–2 draw. In an away match at Gloria Bistriţa he made his worst match of his career and was criticized by the chairman Marian Iancu and put him on transfer list.

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Khazar Lankaran On 13 August 2010, he was loaned out to Khazar Lankaran with option to buy him at end of the season. He was the goalscorer of the team on 2010–11 season.

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Baku Parks joined FC Baku from at the start of the 2011–12 season. After 9 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions for Baku, he left the club at the end of the 2012–13 season.

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Uruguay Coronado In September 2013, Parks joined Costa Rican Primera División side Uruguay Coronado. Winston Parks ya está listo para jugar con el Uruguay de Coronado - CR Hoy

Ahead of the 2014 Verano season, Parks moved to second division side ADF Siquirres Winston Parks jugará con Siquirreña - Futbol en Costa Rica and in summer 2014 he returned to his hometown to play for Limón. Limón se ganó tres puestos en el Torneo de Invierno al vencer 3-1 a Santos - Nación He joined Santos de Guápiles in January 2015. Winston Parks, nuevo refuerzo del Santos de Guápiles - Teletica

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International career Parks gained recognition as an exceptional youth player, appearing in FIFA World Youth Championships U-17 in 1999 held in Nigeria and U-20 in 2001 held in Argentina, and leading Costa Rica during the 2001 U-20 tournament, with four goals.

After making his full national team debut in a November 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica, he made the roster for the 2002 World Cup, where he appeared in two games as a substitute. Against Turkey he scored the equalizing goal, but failed to score on a second opportunity. He also had a great game against Brazil. His lack of playing time and injuries have, however, resulted in Parks seeing little time during 2006 World Cup qualifying.

He earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 6 goals and represented his country at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF

His final international was a November 2011 friendly match against Spain.

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Personal life

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Career statistics

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

Friendly match

2002 FIFA World Cup

Friendly match

Friendly match

Friendly match

Friendly match

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Honours

Russian Premier League

Russian Super Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

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External links

Categories: 1981 Births, Living People, Footballers From Limón Province, Men's Association Football Forwards, Costa Rican Men's Footballers, 21st-century Costa Rican Sportsmen, Costa Rica Men's Under-20 International Footballers, Costa Rica Men's International Footballers, 2002 Fifa World Cup Players, 2003 Concacaf Gold Cup Players, Udinese Calcio Players, Ascoli Calcio 1898 Fc Players, Fc Lokomotiv Moscow Players, Fc Saturn Ramenskoye Players, Fc Slovan Liberec Players, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Footballers, Fc Politehnica Timișoara Players, Khazar Lankaran Fk Players, Fc Baku Players, Santos De Guápiles F.c. Footballers, Liga Fpd Players, Russian Premier League Players, Czech First League Players, Liga I Players, Serie B Players, Costa Rican Expatriate Men's Footballers, Expatriate Men's Footballers In Italy, Expatriate Men's Footballers In Russia, Expatriate Men's Footballers In The Czech Republic, Expatriate Men's Footballers In Romania, Expatriate Men's Footballers In Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Premier League Players, Costa Rican Expatriate Sportspeople In The Czech Republic

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