Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ulises Segura Machado | ||
Date of birth | 23 June 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Guadalupe, Costa Rica [1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Saprissa | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Generación Saprissa | 25 | (2) |
2014–2017 | Saprissa | 115 | (14) |
2014–2015 | → Uruguay de Coronado (loan) | 37 | (3) |
2018–2020 | D.C. United | 66 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Austin FC | 0 | (0) |
2022- | Saprissa | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Costa Rica | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2020 (UTC) |
Ulises Segura Machado (born 23 June 1993) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga FPD club Saprissa and the Costa Rica national team.
Including his first season with Deportivo Saprissa, Segura already won 3 titles with the club. [1] Segura appeared 126 times for Saprissa and had 15 goals and 6 assists in his time there.
Ulises Segura was on loan with Uruguay de Coronado from 2014 to 2015. He scored 3 goals and had 1 assist in his 39 appearances for them.
Segura was acquired by D.C. United on 21 December 2017. [2] On 15 April 2018, Segura scored his first MLS career goal in a 1-0 win against Columbus Crew SC. Segura scored the goal inside 50 seconds making it the third-fastest goal scored in club history. He finished the 2018 season with 2 goals and one assist in 23 appearances.
In 2019, Segura appeared in 33 games, scored 3 goals and contributed two assists for D.C. United. [3]
Segura was traded to Austin FC in exchange for $150,000 of General Allocation Money on 13 December 2020, ahead of their inaugural season in 2021. [4] Prior to the start of the season, Segura suffered a left knee injury and underwent osteochondral allograft transplantation surgery, causing him to miss the entire 2021 season. On 25 January 2022, Austin FC announced that it would buyout the remaining portion of Segura's contract freeing up a senior roster spot. [5]
Segura made his first senior international appearance in a Copa Centroamericana match against Belize on 15 January 2017, having played the entire match. [1]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Deportivo Saprissa | 2013–14 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | Liga FPD | 36 | 1 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | 51 | 8 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 57 | 9 | ||||
2017–18 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | 26 | 5 | |||||
Club Total | 115 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 15 | ||
Uruguay de Coronado (loan) | 2014–15 | Primera División | 37 | 3 | — | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||
Club Total | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
D.C. United | 2018 | MLS | 23 | 2 | — | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
2019 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
2020 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
Club Total | 66 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 5 | ||
Austin FC | 2021 | MLS | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2022 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Club Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 218 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 23 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Costa Rica | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
2018 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 |
Segura received his green card in January 2020.
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