Home & Away with Cristian Gamboa

Home & Away with Cristian Gamboa.

- Mark Henderson

What’s the name of your hometown and how frequently do you go back?

It’s a small city in a province of Guanacaste called Liberia. I played football there when I was a kid in the lowest divisions and then in the first division . All of my family and all the people I know are from he re. It’s a really small place and it’s close to the beach so it’ s in the middle of everything. It’s a summer place where people go back home. It’s really nice. Everything is there. Within 50 minutes you can go to the beach and in one hour you can go to the volcano where they get the spring water from home.

First local team you played for?

My first team was a football school called Max Sotela which was named after a coach there for the junior players. I was there when I was five and then when I was 14 or 15, I moved to Municipal Liberia. They were already in the second division and then they go t promoted to the first division and I made my debut as a 16 -year-old. 

Best thing about Liberia?

The people, as everybody there knows each other. It’s a small town where you can get everything and it’s also close to the beach, so it’s in a good location and there are good people.

Do you miss anything about Liberia?