Amelia Valverde
Valverde in 2019
Personal information
Full name Amelia Valverde Villalobos[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-14) 14 January 1987 (age 37)
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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