Gerardo Ureña
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Gerardo Ureña Picado | ||
Date of birth | July 6, 1955 | ||
Place of birth | , Costa Rica | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Belén (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1986 | Saprissa | ||
1986–1987 | San Carlos | ||
1987–1988 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
International career | |||
1979–1980 | Costa Rica | 7 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1992-1995 | Sagrada Familia | ||
2002-2008 | Costa Rica U-17 | ||
2009 | Guanacasteca | ||
2010-2012 | Aserrí | ||
2015- | Belén | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Manuel Gerardo Ureña Picado (born 6 July 1955) is a retired Costa Rican football player who played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa, during the 1970s and 1980s. He is the current manager of Costa Rican Primera División side Belén.
Club career
With Saprissa, he won three national championships, starting off as part of the Saprissa team that won 6 national championships in a row during the 70's.[1] He later had spells at San Carlos and Pérez Zeledón.[2]
International career
Nicknamed el Puro, Ureña played for Costa Rica, earning 7 caps.[2] He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 1980.[3]
Managerial career
He has also coached Costa Rica national football team, at the U-17 level[4] but was fired in October 2008 after coaching different national age group teams for over 100 matches.[5] In September 2010 he was announced manager of second division Aserrí.[6]
He became minor league coordinator at Saprissa in 2012.[7] In February 2015, Ureña was appointed manager of Belén.[8]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gerardo Ureña ‘Vinimos bien preparados’- Puro en datos - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Gerardo Ureña – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Equipo Sub-17 Fedefutbol despide al Puro Ureña - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ “El Puro” regresa al banquillo - Liga de Ascenso (Spanish)
- ↑ Saprissa presentó su nuevo plan de liga menor - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Manuel Gerardo 'Puro' Ureña es el nuevo técnico de Belén - Nación (Spanish)
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- A.D. San Carlos footballers
- Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers
- Costa Rican football managers
- Deportivo Saprissa non-playing staff
- Costa Rican football biography stubs