Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Saprissa | 37 | (13) |
2020–2023 | Lommel | 22 | (11) |
2021–2023 | → Twente (loan) | 49 | (11) |
2023–2024 | Twente | 18 | (7) |
2024– | Spartak Moscow | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Costa Rica U17 | 5 | (3) |
2020– | Costa Rica U23 | 3 | (1) |
2020– | Costa Rica | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce (born 25 May 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Costa Rica national team.
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. [2] He scored his first professional hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Limón on 21 October. [3] In November, Ugalde was named as the Best Younger Player of the 2019 CONCACAF League tournament, with four goals in seven matches. [4]
In July 2020 Ugalde signed a contract with City Football Group and joined Belgian First Division B club Lommel. [5]
On 25 June 2021, Ugalde joined Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal. [6] On 1 July 2022, the loan was renewed for the 2022–23 season. [7]
On 6 July 2023, Ugalde signed for Twente on a permanent basis for four years. [8]
On 29 January 2024, Ugalde moved to Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a four-and-a-half-year contract. [9]
Ugalde made his international senior debut for Costa Rica on 1 February 2020 against the United States, coming on as a substitute for Marco Ureña in a 1–0 defeat. [10]
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. [11]
After the dismissal of Luis Fernando Suárez after the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, In August 2023 Ugalde accepted a call-up from interim coach Claudio Vivas to Costa Rica ahead of a friendly against Saudi Arabia. [12] During the match on September 8, he scored his first goal for his country, netting the second goal in an eventual 3-1 victory. [13]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saprissa | 2018–19 [14] | Liga FPD | 7 | 1 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 4 | — | 15 | 5 | |||||
2019–20 [15] | Liga FPD | 30 | 12 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 12 | |||||
Total | 37 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 17 | ||||||
Lommel | 2020–21 [15] | Belgian First Division B | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 11 | |||
Twente (loan) | 2021–22 [15] | Eredivisie | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
2022–23 [15] | Eredivisie | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 31 | 9 | ||
Total | 49 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 13 | ||
Twente | 2023–24 [15] | Eredivisie | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 25 | 9 | ||
Spartak Moscow | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Career total | 130 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 164 | 51 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Costa Rica | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 4 | 1 | |
2023 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 8 | 2 |
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. [14]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 September 2023 | St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England | Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
2 | 26 March 2024 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
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