Manuel Gerardo Ureña Picado (born 6 July 1955) is a retired
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
n
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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
Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. The team's signature colours are purple ...
team that won 6 national championships in a row during the 70's. He later had spells at
San Carlos and
Pérez Zeledón.
[
]
International career
Nicknamed '' el Puro'', Ureña played for Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
, earning 7 caps.[Gerardo Ureña ‘Vinimos bien preparados’- Puro en datos]
- Nación He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup.
Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
matches in 1980.
Managerial career
He has also coached Costa Rica national football team, at the U-17 level but was fired in October 2008 after coaching different national age group teams for over 100 matches. In September 2010 he was announced manager of second division Aserrí.
He became minor league coordinator at Saprissa in 2012. In February 2015, Ureña was appointed manager of Belén.Manuel Gerardo 'Puro' Ureña es el nuevo técnico de Belén
- Nación
References
1955 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Costa Rican men's footballers
Costa Rica men's international footballers
Deportivo Saprissa players
A.D. San Carlos footballers
A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers
Costa Rican football managers
Deportivo Saprissa non-playing staff
{{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub