Alfredo Piedra

Alfredo Piedra
Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Piedra Mora
Date of birth	August 16, 1915
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Date of death	December 18, 2003 (aged 88)
Place of death	Rohrmoser, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Orión
	Sociedad Gimnástica
	La Libertad
	Juventud Asturiana
International career
1938	Costa Rica
Managerial career
1955–1956	Saprissa
1955–1957	Costa Rica
1961–1963	Costa Rica
1962–1964	Saprissa
1965	Costa Rica
1966	Herediano
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Representing Costa Rica
Men's Football
Central American and Caribbean Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo Piedra Mora (16 August 1915 – 18 December 2003) was a Costa Rican footballer and manager.

Playing career

Club

Piedra made his debut for Orión on 24 May 1936 against Herediano, immediately scoring two goals. He went on to win two league titles with them and also played for Sociedad Gimnástica Española, La Libertad (winning another title)^[2] and Cuban team Juventud Asturiana.^[1]

He was joint league top goalscorer in 1938 with 11 goals^[3] and totalled 124 Primera División matches.^[4]

International

He made his debut for Costa Rica playing alongside other Costa Rican greats like Hernán Bolaños and Alejandro Morera Soto in a February 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games match against Panama, scoring a goal in which proved to be his sole international game.^[2]

International goals

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

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 February 1938	Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City, Panama	Panama	7-0	11–0	Central American and Caribbean Games

Managerial

As a manager, Piedra was in charge of teams like Orión, Saprissa (twice), Alajuelense (also twice), Cartaginés (5 times), Barrio México, Herediano, San Ramón, San Carlos, Puntarenas, Rohrmoser and in Mexico with Monarcas Morelia. He also managed the national team on three occasions, winning the 1963 CONCACAF Championship.

In total, Piedra was in charge at 356 Primera División matches and 49 times with the national team.^[4]

Achievements

As player

League title - Orión (1938, 1944) (top goalscorer in 1938)
League title - La Libertad (1946)
Central American and Caribbean Games Silver Medal (1): 1938

As manager

League title - Saprissa (1962)
1955 CCCF Championship - Costa Rica
1963 CONCACAF Championship - Costa Rica

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "¡Adiós, maestro Chato !" (in Spanish). La Nacion. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Alfredo Piedra será reconocido en el Verano Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
^ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Próximo certamen es dedicado a un grande de nuestro fútbol Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)

[la-nacion-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "¡Adiós, maestro Chato !" (in Spanish). La Nacion. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

[UNAFUT-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Alfredo Piedra será reconocido en el Verano Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)

[3] Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)

[Proximo-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Próximo certamen es dedicado a un grande de nuestro fútbol Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)

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v t e CONCACAF Championship and CONCACAF Gold Cup winning managers
CONCACAF Championship era	1963: Piedra 1965: Trelles 1967: Amorín 1969: Rodríguez 1971: Ja. de la Torre 1973: Tassy 1977: Roca 1981: Chelato 1985: Waiters 1989: Rodríguez
CONCACAF Gold Cup era	1991: Milutinović 1993: Mejía Barón 1996: Milutinović 1998: Lapuente 2000: Osieck 2002: Arena 2003: La Volpe 2005: Arena 2007: Bradley 2009: Aguirre 2011: J. M. de la Torre 2013: Klinsmann (Caretaker: Herzog & Vásquez) 2015: Herrera 2017: Arena 2019: Martino 2021: Berhalter 2023: Lozano