Manfred Ugalde

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Manfred Ugalde
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Ugalde celebrating the CONCACAF League with Saprissa in 2019
Personal information
Full name Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce
Date of birth (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 23)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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 49 (17)
International career‡
2018–2019 Costa Rica U17 5 (3)
2020– Costa Rica U23 3 (1)
2020– Costa Rica 25 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:45, 23 June 2025 (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.

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Club career

Saprissa

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]

Lommel

In July 2020 Ugalde signed a contract with City Football Group and joined Belgian First Division B club Lommel. [5]

Loan to Twente

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]

Twente

On 6 July 2023, Ugalde signed for Twente on a permanent basis for four years. [8]

Spartak Moscow

On 29 January 2024, Ugalde moved to Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a four-and-a-half-year contract. [9] On 23 November 2024, Ugalde scored 4 goals in a 5–2 victory against Lokomotiv Moscow, taking the top spot in the league goalscorers' race with 12 goals. [10] He went into the winter break of the Russian season in December with 15 goals scored. He became the league's top scorer of the season with 17 goals. [11]

International career

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. [12]

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. [13]

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. [14] During the match on September 8, he scored his first goal for his country, netting the second goal in an eventual 3–1 victory. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saprissa 2018–19 [16] Liga FPD 71—8 [b] 4—155
2019–20 [17] Liga FPD3012—2 [c] 05 [d] 03712
Total3713—104505217
Lommel 2020–21 [17] Belgian First Division B 221110——2311
Twente (loan) 2021–22 [17] Eredivisie 25331——284
2022–23 [17] Eredivisie248201 [e] 04 [f] 1319
Total49115110415913
Twente 2023–24 [17] Eredivisie187116 [e] 1—259
Spartak Moscow 2023–24 Russian Premier League 12041——161
2024–25 Russian Premier League291771——3618
2025–26 Russian Premier League8010——90
Total4917122——6119
Career total175591941759122069
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF League
  3. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Liga FPD play-offs
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ↑ Appearances in Eredividie European play-offs

International

As of match played 22 June 2025 [16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Costa Rica 202010
202110
202341
2024122
202577
Total2510

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. [16]

List of international goals scored by Manfred Ugalde
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 September 2023 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2–03–1 Friendly
226 March 2024 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–01–3Friendly
39 June 2024 Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, GrenadaFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1–03–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
421 March 2025 FFB Stadium, Belmopan, BelizeFlag of Belize.svg  Belize 1–07–0 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
52–0
625 March 2025 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica4–06–12025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
77 June 2025BFA Technical Centre, Wildey, BarbadosFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 5–08–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
815 June 2025 Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United StatesFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 2–04–3 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
94–3
1018 June 2025 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United StatesFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1–02–1

Honours

Ugalde (left) won the 2019 CONCACAF League with Saprissa, while also winning the Best Young Player award of the tournament Saprissa festeja sus titulos individuales.jpg
Ugalde (left) won the 2019 CONCACAF League with Saprissa, while also winning the Best Young Player award of the tournament

Saprissa

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "M. Ugalde". Eredivisie. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ugalde Brace Powers Saprissa Past Belmopan Bandits". concacafleague.com.
  3. ↑ "A Manfred Ugalde Le Dieron Permiso De Faltar A Clases Y A Cambio Anotó Triplete". lateja.cr.
  4. ↑ "TSG Announces The 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF League Individual Awards". concacafleague.com.
  5. ↑ "Costa Rican teenager Ugalde joins City Football Group". 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Manfred Ugalde op huurbasis naar FC Twente" (in Dutch). Lommel S.K. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wout Brama en Manfred Ugalde tekenen contract" (in Dutch). Twente. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Manfred Ugalde blijft bij FC Twente" (in Dutch). FC Twente. 6 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Манфред Угальде — новый форвард "Спартака"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 29 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Покер Угальде помог «Спартаку» победить «Локомотив» в Winline Матче тура" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 23 November 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Манфред Угальде – лучший бомбардир Мир РПЛ-2024/25" [Manfred Ugalde is the best scorer of Mir RPL 2024–25] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Recap: US Men's National Team vs. Costa Rica 02/01/2020". 1 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Meléndez, Kenneth (28 September 2021). "Manfred Ugalde se molestó con Luis Fernando Suárez y renuncia a la Selección de Costa Rica".
  14. ↑ Montenegro, Milton (30 August 2023). "Claudio Vivas llama a Manfred Ugalde y siete sorpresas más a la nueva Selección de Costa Rica". La Nación .
  15. ↑ Escobar, Gina (8 September 2023). "La Sele gana y gusta ante Arabia Saudita". FCRF .
  16. 1 2 3 Manfred Ugalde at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Manfred Ugalde » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Манфред Угальде – Winline игрок ноября и декабря!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 19 December 2024.
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