Guillermo Guardia

Costa Rican footballer (born 1960)

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

Guillermo GuardiaPersonal information

Full name|  Guillermo Guardia Morales
Date of birth|  (1960-02-27) February 27, 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth|  San José, Costa Rica
Height|  1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)|  Striker
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1978–1985|  Saprissa|  |
1986|  San Carlos|  |
1987–1988|  Alajuelense|  |
1989–1990|  Uruguay de Coronado|  |
1991–1992|  Turrialba|  |
1992–1993|  Limonense|  |  (14)
1994–1996|  Pérez Zeledón|  |
Total|  |  -|  (149)
International career‡
1983–1984|  Costa Rica|  |
Managerial career
1997–2000|  Pérez Zeledón
2001–2002|  Santa Bárbara
2002|  Municipal Liberia
2003–2004|  San Carlos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 June 2014

Guillermo Guardia Morales (born 27 February 1960) is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s.

## Club career

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Nicknamed Nica, Guardia played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion. Later he played for Alajuelense and San Carlos among others, totalling 7 different clubs.[1] He is especially remembered for saving an Alajuelense penalty kick when Turrialba goalkeeper Miguel Segura was sent off in a league game and Guardia replaced him in goal on 31 May 1992.[2]

Guardia's great scoring talents and quickness, helped him and teammate Evaristo Coronado form a lethal duo in the early 80s in Saprissa. He scored a total of 149 league goals.[3]

## International career

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He played with the Costa Rica national football team as well, and was part of Costa Rican squad that played at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles.[4][5]

## Managerial career

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After retiring, he began his coaching career, and has managed several teams in Costa Rica's first division, such as Pérez Zeledón,[6] Municipal Liberia[7] and San Carlos.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Nuevo récord en futbol de Primera División Benwell: el de más equipos \- Nación (in Spanish)
2. ^ Guillermo Guardia El goleador que atajó un penal Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine \- Nación (in Spanish)
3. ^ Club de los 100 Archived 2017-07-01 at the Wayback Machine \- UNAFUT (in Spanish)
4. ^ Guillermo Guardia – FIFA competition record (archived)
5. ^ "Guillermo Guardia". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
6. ^ Guardia recrimina a su plantel \- Nación (in Spanish)
7. ^ Sótano perturba a Liberia \- Nación (in Spanish)
8. ^ Guardia dirige a San Carlos \- Nación (in Spanish)

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Costa Rica squad – 1984 Summer Olympics

* 1 Rojas
* 4 Hines
* 5 Obando
* 6 Chavarría
* 7 Cayasso
* 8 Santana
* 9 Flores
* 10 Rivers
* 11 Coronado
* 12 Alpízar
* 13 Toppings
* 14 Guardia
* 15 Díaz
* 16 Solano
* 17 Simpson
* 18 Galagarza
* 22 González
* Coach: Moyano

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Costa Rican Primera División top scorers

* 1925: Arguedas
* 1929: Madrigal
* 1938: Piedra / Meza
* 1939: Morera
* 1940: Meza
* 1941: Cordero / Araya
* 1942: Fernández / Solano
* 1943: Zeledón
* 1945: Rodríguez
* 1948: Muñoz
* 1949: Zeledón
* 1950: Armijo
* 1951: J. Meza / Goñi / Ovares
* 1952: J. Meza / J.R. Meza / Zeledón / Zúñiga
* 1953: Herrera
* 1955: González
* 1957: J. Soto
* 1958: J.L. Soto
* 1959: Ulloa
* 1960: Ulloa
* 1961 Fed: Armijo
* 1961 Aso: Bolaños / Meléndez / Soto
* 1962: Monge / Jiménez
* 1963: Elizondo
* 1964: Daniels
* 1965: Daniels
* 1966: Daniels / Ulloa
* 1967: Daniels
* 1968: Daniels / Chavarría
* 1969: Sáenz
* 1970: Daniels
* 1971: Sáenz
* 1972: Odir
* 1973: Hernández
* 1974: Montero
* 1975: Cordero
* 1976: Solano
* 1977: Mansilla
* 1978: Gutiérrez
* 1979: Rooper / Izquierdo
* 1980: Torres
* 1981: Coronado
* 1982: Guardia
* 1983: Chacón
* 1984: Ulate
* 1985: Ulate
* 1986: Flores
* 1987: Jara
* 1988: Coronado
* 1989: Rodríguez
* 1991: Hilario
* 1992: Astúa
* 1992–93: Nildeson de Melo
* 1993–94: Astúa
* 1994–95: Arguedas
* 1995–96: R. Gómez
* 1996–97: Oviedo
* 1997–98: Larrea
* 1998–99: Mahía / Miso
* 1999–00: Arguedas
* 2000–01: Díaz
* 2001–02: Cubero
* 2002–03: Ciccia
* 2003–04: Saborío
* 2004–05: Brenes
* 2005–06: Bernard
* 2006–07: Solís
* 2007 I: Núñez
* 2008 V: Alpizar
* 2008 I: Núñez
* 2009 V: Camacho / Herron
* 2009 I: Núñez
* 2010 V: Sequeira
* 2010 I: Alfaro / Brenes
* 2011 V: Díaz
* 2011 I: Brenes
* 2012 V: Lagos / Cancela
* 2012 I: Lagos
* 2013 V: Núñez
* 2013 I: Lagos
* 2014 V: Ronchetti / L. Gómez / Moya
* 2014 I: Ruiz
* 2015 V: McDonald
* 2015 I: A. Rodríguez
* 2016 V: Ortiz / Ruiz / Cordero
* 2016 I: Ruiz
* 2017 V: Scott
* 2017 A: McDonald
* 2018 C: Rojas
* 2018 A: Saborío
* 2019 C: Saborío
* 2019 A: Saborío
* 2020 C: Bolaños
* 2020 A: Hernández
* 2021 C: East / Venegas
* 2021 A: Ruiz
* 2022 C: Hernández
* 2022 A: Lesme
* 2023 C: Venegas
* 2023 A: Godínez
* 2024 C: Cárdenas
* 2024 A: East / Hernández

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