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Alfredo Piedra

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Alfredo Piedra
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Piedra Mora
Date of birth (1915-08-16)August 16, 1915[1]
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica[1]
Date of death December 18, 2003(2003-12-18) (aged 88)[1]
Place of death Rohrmoser, Costa Rica[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Orión
Sociedad Gimnástica
La Libertad
Juventud Asturiana
International career
1938 Costa Rica 1 (1)
Managerial career
1955–1956 Saprissa
1955–1957 Costa Rica
1961–1963 Costa Rica
1962–1964 Saprissa
1965 Costa Rica
1966 Herediano
Medal record
Representing  Costa Rica
Men's Football
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 1938 Panama Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo Piedra Mora (16 August 1915 – 18 December 2003) was a Costa Rican footballer and manager.

As a footballer, he played as a striker for Orión, Sociedad Gimnástica, La Libertad,[2] and Cuban team Juventud Asturiana.[1] He would play 124 matches in the Primera División,[3] and finish as the top goalscorer in the 1938 season, with 11 goals.[4] He was capped one time for Costa Rica, in a 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games match against Panama.[2]

As a manager, Piedra coached multiple teams in Costa Rica and Monarcas Morelia in Mexico. He also managed the Costa Rica national team three times, and won the 1963 CONCACAF Championship with them. In total, he managed 356 Primera División matches, and 49 times with the national team.[3]

International goals

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Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 February 1938Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City, Panama Panama7-011–0Central American and Caribbean Games
Orión
La Libertad
  • Primera División: 1946
Costa Rica
Deportivo Saprissa
  • Primera División: 1962
Costa Rica

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "¡Adiós, maestro Chato !" (in Spanish). La Nacion. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Alfredo Piedra será reconocido en el Verano Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  3. 1 2 Próximo certamen es dedicado a un grande de nuestro fútbol Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  4. Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)