Roy Francisco Sáenz Acuña (born 5 December 1944, in

Limón Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is ho ...

) 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 ...

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 used to play as a striker.

Club career

Sáenz made his Primera División debut for Barrio MéxicoBicampeón de goleo
- Nación and played a major part of his career for

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Ala ...

. He was top scorer of the Primera División twice, in 1969 and 1971 and totalled 168 goals in the Costa Rica Primera División in 363 matches. He scored a total of 234 goals in all competitions. (league, cup, national team and internal club matches) He won two league titles with and scored 84 goals for ''Liga'', ranking him 3rd on the club's all-time goalscorers list. Sáenz had a short spell abroad with Salvadoran side Universidad and retired in 1980.

International career

Saéz was also part of the Ticos, playing 27 games and scoring 12 goals. He represented his country in 4

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 and scored during the

1969 CONCACAF Championship The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams par ...

Managerial career

After retiring, Sáenz managed second division sides El Carmen, Palmares, Uruguay de Coronado, La Unión,

Curridabat Curridabat is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Curridabat has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is situated on the eastern border of the San José capital city, north of ...

and Puriscal. He also worked as a sales executive. In summer 2010 he was chosen as president of former club Barrio México on their return to the Primera División. He replaced Brujas president Minor Vargas who was not allowed to lead two different clubs.Roy Saénz presidirá al B° México
- Nación

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saenz, Roy 1944 births Living people People from Limón Province Association football forwards Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers L.D. Alajuelense footballers Liga FPD players Costa Rican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Costa Rican football managers CONCACAF Championship-winning players