A.D. San Carlos

A.D. San Carlos

Full name	Asociación Deportiva San Carlos
Nickname(s)	Toros del Norte (Northern Bulls)
Founded	9 May 1965
Ground	Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
Capacity	5,600
Chairman	Sergio Chaves
Coach	Leonardo Moreira
League	Primera División de Costa Rica
Home colours Away colours

Asociación Deportiva San Carlos is a Costa Rican football team who currently play in the Costa Rican First Division.

It is based in Ciudad Quesada, San Carlos Cantón, north of Alajuela. Their home stadium is Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez.

History

The club was founded on 9 May 1965, after local clubs El Refugio and El Maravilla merged to become Selección de San Carlos and winning promotion to the Primera División in 1965.^[1] They were relegated in 1971 and stayed in the Second Division until returning at the top level in 1978. In 2004 they were relegated again after 25 years in the Primera, staying in the second tier for another two years. In May 2006 they beat Cartagena in a promotion playoff final^[2] and from 2006 through 2013 they were in the Primera before descending once more in 2013.^[3]

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Román Arrieta 2 DF Jonathan Zárate 4 DF Cristian Montero 5 DF Álvaro Aguilar 7 FW Christian Chaves 9 FW Kirth McLean 10 MF Roberto Córdoba 11 MF Richard Castañeda 12 DF José David Sánchez 14 FW Marco Julián Mena 16 FW Erick Zúñiga 17 DF Gustavo Jiménez

No. Position Player 18 MF Edgar Chacón 21 MF Pablo Solano 27 DF Javier Loaiza 28 MF Kevin Cunningham 29 FW Juan Vicente Solís DF Javier Castro DF William Ocampo DF Luis Pacheco MF Oscar Alvarado GK Jason Vega MF Esteban Rodríguez

Historical list of coaches

José Francisco "Pachico" Sánchez (1965) Antonio Moyano Reina (1983–1984 and 1986)[4] Daniel Casas (1999–2001) Claudio "Franco" Benavides (Dec 2001 – Mar 2002) Odir Jacques (Mar 2002 – May 2002) Carlos Oria (Jul 2002 – Oct 2002)[5] José Ramón Vecinos (Oct 2002 – Mar 2003) Guillermo Guardia (Mar 2003–2004)[6]

Hernán Fernando Sosa (2006) Julio César Cortés (2007) Juan Carlos Arguedas (Sep 26, 2007 – Sep 26, 2009)[7][8] Frank Carrillo (interim) (Sep 2009 – Dec 2009) Daniel Casas (Dec 7, 2009 – Dec 11)[9] Marvin Solano (Jan 2012 – Sept 12) Alfredo Morales (interim) (Jan 2012 – March 12) Alexander Víquez (interim) (Jan 2012 – March 12)

Johnny Chávez (Sept 2012– Apr 2013)[10] Óscar Alegre (May 7, 2013 – Sep 21, 2013)[11] Orlando de León (Sep 22, 2013– Dec 2013)[12] Leonardo Moreira (Current)

References

1. Historia – AD San Carlos (Spanish)
2. Campeones de la Segunda San Carlos 3 – Cartagena 1: San Carlos sacó la tarea y regresa a la Primera – Nación (Spanish)
3. San Carlos desciende tras perder 2–0 con Herediano – Nación (Spanish)
4. La AD San Carlos lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Señor Antonio Moyano Reina – AD San Carlos (Spanish)
5. San Carlos cambia de entrenador – Nación (Spanish)
6. Guardia dirige a San Carlos – Nación (Spanish)
7. Nuevo técnico de San Carlos Arguedas llega a levantar a los Toros – Nación (Spanish)
8. San Carlos despide al técnico Juan Carlos Arguedas – Nación (Spanish)
9. Daniel Casas es el técnico de San Carlos – Nación (Spanish)
10. Paciencia de San Carlos se acabó y despidieron al técnico Johnny Chaves – Nación (Spanish)
11. Óscar Alegre es el nuevo técnico de San Carlos – Nación (Spanish)
12. Orlando de León será el nuevo técnico de San Carlos – Nación (Spanish)

External links

• (Spanish) Official Site