Gerardo Ureña

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
Team information
Current team	Unknown
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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ureña and the second or maternal family name is Picado.

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. He later had spells at San Carlos and Pérez Zeledón.

International career

Nicknamed el Puro, Ureña played for Costa Rica, earning 7 caps. He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification 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.