Alfredo Piedra Mora (16 August 1915 – 18 December 2003) was a Costa Rican footballer and manager.
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| Full name | Alfredo Piedra Mora | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 16, 1915[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 18, 2003 (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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editClub
editPiedra made his debut for Orión on 24 May 1936 against Herediano, immediately scoring two goals. He went on to win two league titles with them and also played for Sociedad Gimnástica Española, La Libertad (winning another title)[2] and Cuban team Juventud Asturiana.[1]
He was joint league top goalscorer in 1938 with 11 goals[3] and totalled 124 Primera División matches.[4]
International
editHe made his debut for Costa Rica playing alongside other Costa Rican greats like Hernán Bolaños and Alejandro Morera Soto in a February 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games match against Panama, scoring a goal in which proved to be his sole international game.[2]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
| N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 15 February 1938 | Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City, Panama |  Panama |
7-0 | 11–0 | Central American and Caribbean Games |
Managerial
editAs a manager, Piedra was in charge of teams like Orión, Saprissa (twice), Alajuelense (also twice), Cartaginés (5 times), Barrio México, Herediano, San Ramón, San Carlos, Puntarenas, Rohrmoser and in Mexico with Monarcas Morelia. He also managed the national team on three occasions, winning the 1963 CONCACAF Championship.
In total, Piedra was in charge at 356 Primera División matches and 49 times with the national team.[4]
Achievements
edit- As player
- League title - Orión (1938, 1944) (top goalscorer in 1938)
- League title - La Libertad (1946)
- Central American and Caribbean Games Silver Medal (1): 1938
- As manager
- League title - Saprissa (1962)
- 1955 CCCF Championship - Costa Rica
- 1963 CONCACAF Championship - Costa Rica
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "¡Adiós, maestro Chato !" (in Spanish). La Nacion. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ a b Alfredo Piedra será reconocido en el Verano Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- ^ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Próximo certamen es dedicado a un grande de nuestro fútbol Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)