Amelia Valverde

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valverdeand the second or maternal family name is Villalobos.

Amelia Valverde

Valverde in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Amelia Valverde Villalobos [1]
Date of birth	(1987-01-14) 14 January 1987 (age 39)
Place of birth	Costa Rica
Team information
Current team	India (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Flores de Heredia
	Saprissa
Managerial career
2011–2014	Costa Rica Women (assistant)
2015–2023	Costa Rica Women
2024–2025	C.F. Monterrey Femenil
2026–	India Women
Medal record Women's football Representing   Costa Rica (as manager) Pan American Games 2019 Lima Central American and Carribean Games 2018 Barranquilla Central American Games 2017 Managua
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager, who currently serves as the head coach of the India women's national football team. ^{[2] [3]}

Valverde was previously part of the Costa Rica women's national football team program from 2011 to 2014 in various roles, including assistant manager of the senior and under-20 teams, and finally manager of the senior team from 2015 to 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

Honours

Costa Rica

• Central American Games: 2017

C.F. Monterrey

• Liga MX Femenil: Clausura 2024

Individual

• CONCACAF Female Coach of the Year: 2016
• Balón de Oro Best Female Manager: 2023–24

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 appointed as Indian senior women's team coach". AIFF. 20 January 2026.
3. "Italian Pamela Conti set to take charge of India U-17 women's team for AFC Asian Cup". The Times of India. 19 January 2026.
4. "Costa Rica names Valverde as women's head coach". CONCACAF. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
5. Marín, Por Fanny Tayver; Valverde, Esteban; Montenegro, Milton (24 August 2023). "Amelia Valverde fuera: un final esperado luego de ocho años en la Selección Mayor Femenina". La Nación. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
6. 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.