Amelia Valverde
Valverde in 2019
Personal information
Full name Amelia Valverde Villalobos[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-14) 14 January 1987
Place of birth Costa Rica
Team information
Current team
Monterrey (women) (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Flores de Heredia
Saprissa
Managerial career
2015–2023 Costa Rica women
2024– Monterrey (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager. She was lastly the head coach of the Costa Rica women's national football team.[2]

Valverde has been with the Costa Rica national team since 2011 in various roles, including assistant coach of the senior and under-20 teams. In January 2015 Valverde replaced Garabet Avedissian as the head coach.[3]

Prior to her career as a manager, she played in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division for Flores de Heredia (now known as Herediano) and Saprissa.[4]

References

  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. Amelia Valverde profile FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. "Costa Rica names Valverde as women's head coach". CONCACAF. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. Mora Jiliuta, Cristina (23 September 2015). "La técnica notable de Amelia Valverde" [Amelia Valverde's remarkable technique]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2023.


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