Mauricio Wright

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Mauricio Wright
Personal information
Full name Wilber Mauricio Wright Reynolds
Date of birth (1970-12-20) 20 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Cartaginés (manager)
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1998 Saprissa 235 (12)
1998–1999
Comunicaciones
22 (2)
1999–2000 San Jose Earthquakes 36 (3)
2000–2001 New England Revolution 40 (3)
2002 Herediano 28 (1)
2002–2003 AEK Athens 25 (0)
2003
Shenyang Ginde
3 (0)
2004–2006 Herediano 31 (3)
2007 Saprissa 1 (0)
Total 421 (24)
International career
1994–2005 Costa Rica 67 (6)
Managerial career
2007–2010 Brujas
2011 Puntarenas
2011–2012 Pérez Zeledón
2012–2014
Deportivo Malacateco
2014–2015 Cartaginés
2015 Herediano
2015 Municipal
2016 Pérez Zeledón
2017 UCR
2017–2018
Deportivo Malacateco
2020 Barrio México
2020–2021 Aserrí
2022 Saprissa
Cartaginés (assistant)
2023 Grecia
2023– Cartaginés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wílber Mauricio Wright Reynolds (born 20 December 1970) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a defender and current manager of Cartaginés. He was a key member of the Costa Rica national team for over ten years.

Club career

Wright started his career at the academies of

Shenyang Ginde.[9] With Saprissa, he has won three national championships and two CONCACAF Champions Cup
, and returned to the team to play his last season as a professional, accomplishing his dream of retiring as a 'morado'.

International career

Wright made his debut for Costa Rica national football team at the December 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Belize and earned a total of 67 caps, scoring 6 goals.[10] After not playing in qualifying rounds, he started in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal.[11] He also played (and scored) in the 1997 and 2004 Copa Américas.

His final international was a July 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Cuba.

Managerial career

Wright was named manager of Brujas in May 2007[12] and he won the 2009 winter championship with the club. He has coached teams in Costa Rica and Guatemala and took the reins at Cartaginés in May 2014.[13] He was announced the new manager at Herediano in December 2014, replacing Jafet Soto.[14] In May 2021, he won the Clausura season with Saprissa, thus giving the team its record 36th title.

Honours

Sarprissa

International

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Breve historial de Mauricio Wright (Profile) – Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Wright ya es del Comunicaciones – Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Wright firme en el Clash – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ MLS al rojo vivo•Equipo de Myers ya avanzó; Wright y Sunsing con esperanza; Solís eliminado – Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Club AEK griego de tico Mauricio Wright en grupo con Real Madrid y Roma para Liga de Campeones – Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "AEK-APOEL UEFA Champions League 2002/03". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alex. "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  8. ^ "Μαουρίτσιο Ράιτ". kitrinomavro.gr.
  9. ^ Wright jugará en China – Nación (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Costa Rica – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  11. ^ Mauricio WrightFIFA competition record (archived)
  12. ^ Brujas confirma a Mauricio Wright en el banquillo – Nación (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Cartaginés presentará este martes a Maurico Wright como su nuevo técnico – Al Día (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Mauricio Wright asume el Club Sport Herediano – Nación (in Spanish)
  15. ^ "1999 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. July 17, 1999. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

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