Alexandre Guimarães

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Alexandre Guimarães
Alexandre Guimarães (2018)
Personnel
Surname	Alexandre Borges Guimarães
birthday	November 7, 1959
place of birth	Maceió ,  Brazil
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1979	Durpanel
1980-1981	Puntarenas FC
1981-1991	CD Saprissa
1992	AD Turrialba
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1985-1990	Costa Rica	16 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1994-1995	Belén FC
1996-1997	CS Herediano
1997-2000	CD Saprissa
1999	CSD Comunicaciones
2000-2002	Costa Rica
2003	CS Cartaginés
2004	CD Irapuato
2004-2005	Dorados de Sinaloa
2005-2006	Costa Rica
2006-2008	Panama
2008-2009	al-Wasl
2010-2011	al-Dhafra
2011–2012	CD Saprissa
2012-2014	Tianjin Teda
2019–	America de Cali
1 Only league games are given. As of February 16, 2016

Alexandre Borges Guimarães (born November 7, 1959 in Maceió , Brazil ) is a former Brazilian - Costa Rican soccer player and current coach.

Born in Brazil, Guimarães has lived in Costa Rica since he was 11 years old , and took his citizenship in 1984. He played for this country as a player at the 1990 World Cup and reached the round of 16. Guimarães has played a total of 16 international matches. In 1982, 1988 and 1989 he became the Costa Rican champion.

After the 2002 World Cup, where he was the coach of Costa Rica, he resigned, but took the post again in 2005 at the request of the association.

After the preliminary round at the 2006 World Cup , Guimarães announced his resignation again in early July 2006, in response to media criticism in Costa Rica and threats against his family. In November 2006 he then accepted the post as national coach of the national soccer team of Panama . After failing to qualify for the World Cup, he was released in June 2008.

In the 2009/10 season, Guimarães coached Al-Wasl , a club from Dubai that plays in the top division of the United Arab Emirates .

As in the 1990s, Guimarães will train CD Saprissa from the 2011/12 season .

In June 2019, Alexandre Guimarães was introduced as the new coach by the Colombian club América de Cali .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexandre Guimaraes, nuevo técnico del América de Cali , accessed on July 1, 2019 (Spanish)