Guillermo Guardia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Guillermo Guardia Morales | ||
Date of birth | February 27, 1960 | ||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978-1985 | Saprissa | ||
1986 | San Carlos | ||
1987-1988 | Alajuelense | ||
1989-1990 | Uruguay de Coronado | ||
1991-1992 | Turrialba | ||
1992-1993 | Limonense | (14) | |
1994-1996 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
Total | - | (149) | |
International career‡ | |||
1983-1984 | Costa Rica | ||
Managerial career | |||
1997-2000 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
2001-2002 | Santa Bárbara | ||
2002 | Municipal Liberia | ||
2003-2004 | San Carlos | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014 |
Template:Spanish name 2 Guillermo Guardia Morales (born 27 February 1960) is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s.
Club career
Nicknamed Nica, Guardia played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion. Later he played for Alajuelense and San Carlos among others, totalling 7 different clubs.[1] He is especially remembered for saving an Alajuelense penalty kick when Turrialba goalkeeper Miguel Segura was sent off in a league game and Guardia replaced him in goal on 31 May 1992.[2]
Guardia's great scoring talents and quickness, helped him and teammate Evaristo Coronado form a lethal duo in the early 80s in Saprissa. He scored a total of 149 league goals.[3]
International career
He played with the Costa Rica national football team as well, and was part of Costa Rican squad that played at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.[4][5]
Managerial career
After retiring, he began his coaching career, and has managed several teams in Costa Rica's first division, such as Pérez Zeledón,[6] Municipal Liberia[7] and San Carlos.[8]
References
- ^ Nuevo récord en futbol de Primera División Benwell: el de más equipos - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Guillermo Guardia El goleador que atajó un penal - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Club de los 100 - UNAFUT Template:Es
- ^ Guillermo Guardia – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Guillermo Guardia". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ Guardia recrimina a su plantel - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Sótano perturba a Liberia - Nación Template:Es
- ^ Guardia dirige a San Carlos - Nación Template:Es
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica
- Association football forwards
- Costa Rican footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Costa Rica
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- A.D. San Carlos footballers
- L.D. Alajuelense footballers
- Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers
- Costa Rican football managers
- Costa Rican football biography stubs