Hermidio Barrantes Cascante (born 2 September 1964 in Puntarenas[1]) is a retired Costa Rican football goalkeeper.
He made his senior debut for Puntarenas on 20 November 1983 against Ramonense[2] and also played for Herediano, Cartaginés and Santa Bárbara[3] before joining Deportivo Saprissa as their second goalkeeper behind José Francisco Porras, after an injury ruled out regular starting goalie Erick Lonnis.
[5] Barrantes made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 1989 friendly match against Poland[6] and has earned a total of 38 caps, scoring no goals.
He was blamed by some fans for Costa Rica's heavy defeat and received death threats on his return home.
Barrantes is married to Ana Cristina Baltodano and the couple have three sons: Hermidio, Diego Andrés and Carlos Daniel.