Gerardo Ureña

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.

Gerardo Ureña
Personal information
Full name Manuel Gerardo Ureña Picado
Date of birth (1955-07-06) July 6, 1955
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Unknown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1986 Saprissa
1986–1987 San Carlos
1987–1988 Pérez Zeledón
National team
1979–1980 Costa Rica 7 (0)
Teams managed
1992–1995 Sagrada Familia
2002–2008 Costa Rica U-17
2009 Guanacasteca
2010–2012 Aserrí
2015 Belén
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ureña and the second or maternal family name is Picado.

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
  1. "75 Years of History". Deportivo Saprissa. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. Gerardo Ureña ‘Vinimos bien preparados’- Puro en datos - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Gerardo Ureña – FIFA competition record
  4. "Puro apunta a dos direcciones con una misma base". La Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  5. Equipo Sub-17 Fedefutbol despide al Puro Ureña - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. “El Puro” regresa al banquillo - Liga de Ascenso (in Spanish)
  7. Saprissa presentó su nuevo plan de liga menor - Nación (in Spanish)
  8. Manuel Gerardo 'Puro' Ureña es el nuevo técnico de Belén - Nación (in Spanish)


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