Career
Roberto Tyrrel debut came when he was 14 years old with Panamanian team Don Bosco, and also played for local sides Ancon and Union Española, until finally landing in 1961 in Costa Rican professional team Alajuelense, where he became the first foreigner contracted by such team lieutenant is said his most notable game was against Ramonense in 1970 where he played midfield and scored two goals against los poetas. He played 189 league games for Liga.
He retired in 1974.
Tyrrel later played at the 1963 CONCACAF Championship and totaled 6 games with the national team until his retirement in 1974. He was born in 1936 in barrio El Cangrejo, Panama City one of five children of Carlos Ricardo Tyrell and Olga Amanda Jessamy de Tyrel. He worked for a Panamanian beer company and for a wire and cable company.
