Manfred Ugalde

Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce (born 25 May 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer for Twente on loan from Belgian First Division B club Lommel.

Manfred Ugalde
Ugalde celebrating the 2019 CONCACAF League Best Young Player award
Personal information
Full name Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce
Date of birth (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002
Place of birth Heredia, Costa Rica
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Twente
(on loan from Lommel)
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Saprissa 42 (13)
2020– Lommel 22 (11)
2021– → Twente (loan) 23 (3)
National team‡
2018–2019 Costa Rica U17 5 (3)
2020– Costa Rica U23 3 (1)
2020– Costa Rica 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:56, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2021

Club career

Debuting for Saprissa in early 2019, Ugalde scored two goals in a 3–1 victory over Belmopan Bandits in CONCACAF League play on 31 July 2019.[1] He scored his first professional hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Limón on October 21.[2] In November, Ugalde was named as the Best Younger Player of the 2019 CONCACAF League tournament, with four goals in seven matches.[3]

In July 2020 Ugalde signed a contract with City Football Group and joined Belgian First Division B club Lommel.[4]

On 25 June 2021, Ugalde joined Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal.[5]

International career

Ugalde made his international senior debut for Costa Rica on February 1, 2020 against the United States, coming on as a substitute for Marco Ureña in a 1-0 defeat.[6]

In September 2021 after a difficult international window for Costa Rica during the third round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and criticisms of his performance by head coach Luis Fernando Suárez, Ugalde announced he would no longer accept call-ups to Los Ticos as long as Suárez remained coach.[7]

Career statistics
As of 3 May 2021
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saprissa 2018–19 71––84155
2019–20 351220–203912
Total 421320–1045417
Lommel 2020–21 2211–10–2311
Career total 622420101047728

Honours

Saprissa

Individual

References
  1. "Ugalde Brace Powers Saprissa Past Belmopan Bandits". concacafleague.com.
  2. "A Manfred Ugalde Le Dieron Permiso De Faltar A Clases Y A Cambio Anotó Triplete". lateja.cr.
  3. "TSG Announces The 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF League Individual Awards". concacafleague.com.
  4. "Costa Rican teenager Ugalde joins City Football Group". July 15, 2020.
  5. "Manfred Ugalde op huurbasis naar FC Twente" (in Dutch). Lommel S.K. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. "Recap: US Men's National Team vs. Costa Rica 02/01/2020". February 1, 2020.
  7. Meléndez, Kenneth (September 28, 2021). "Manfred Ugalde se molestó con Luis Fernando Suárez y renuncia a la Selección de Costa Rica".


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