Place of birth Limon, Costa Rica Name Yeltsin Tejeda Role Footballer | Number 8 Height 1.79 m Years Team Weight 66 kg | |
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Full name Yeltsin Ignacio Tejeda Valverde Date of birth (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 (age 23) Current teams Costa Rica national football team (Midfielder), Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. (#8 / Midfielder) Similar People Cristian Gamboa, Junior Diaz, Oscar Duarte, Celso Borges, Joel Campbell Profiles | ||
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LSTV: FC Lucerne - Lausanne Sport, interview d'après-match avec Yeltsin Tejeda
Yeltsin Ignacio Tejeda Valverde ([ˈʝeltsin teˈxeða]; born March 17, 1992) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for FC Lausanne-Sport and the Costa Rica National Team.
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- LSTV FC Lucerne Lausanne Sport interview daprs match avec Yeltsin Tejeda
- Goal yeltsin tejeda 86 girondins de bordeaux evian tg fc 2 1 gdb etg 2014 15
- Saprissa
- Evian FC
- International career
- References

He is named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin.
Goal yeltsin tejeda 86 girondins de bordeaux evian tg fc 2 1 gdb etg 2014 15
Saprissa

Tejeda began his career with Saprissa in 2011 scoring one goal against San Carlos. In the 2014 Verano season, Tejeda was named the captain of the team.
Evian F.C.
On August 22, 2014 the club announced Tejeda has signed a four-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September 2014 in a 2-1 loss to Bordeaux.
International career
Tejeda was selected in Costa Rica's squad for the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and he was named in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He played for his country at the 2009 FIFA U-17 and 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cups.
He officially debuted in the senior Costa Rica national football team on 11 December 2011 in a friendly match against Cuba, in Havana and has, as of November 2014, earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals. Tejeda was a key part during Costa Rica's successful qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and during the finals tournament. He also played at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.