Manuel Gerardo Ureña Picado (born 6 July 1955) is a retired Costa Rican football player who played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa, during the 1970s and 1980s. He is the current manager of Costa Rican Primera División side Belén.
Club career With Saprissa, he won three national championships, starting off as part of the Saprissa team that won 6 national championships in a row during the 70's. He later had spells at San Carlos and Pérez Zeledón.
International career Nicknamed el Puro, Ureña played for Costa Rica, earning 7 caps.Gerardo Ureña ‘Vinimos bien preparados’- Puro en datos - Nación He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 1980.
Managerial career He has also coached Costa Rica national football team, at the U-17 level but was fired in October 2008 after coaching different national age group teams for over 100 matches.Equipo Sub-17 Fedefutbol despide al Puro Ureña - Nación In September 2010 he was announced manager of second division Aserrí.“El Puro” regresa al banquillo - Liga de Ascenso
He became minor league coordinator at Saprissa in 2012.Saprissa presentó su nuevo plan de liga menor - Nación In February 2015, Ureña was appointed manager of Belén.Manuel Gerardo 'Puro' Ureña es el nuevo técnico de Belén - Nación
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