 Valverde in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amelia Valverde Villalobos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Costa Rica | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monterrey (women) (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Flores de Heredia | |||
| Saprissa | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2023 | Costa Rica women | ||
| 2024– | Monterrey (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager who is currently the manager of Liga MX Femenil side C.F. Monterrey.
Valverde was previously part of the Costa Rica women's national football team program from 2011 to 2023 in various roles, including assistant manager of the senior and under-20 teams, and finally manager of the senior team from 2015 to 2023.[2][3]
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.[4]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.