Mauricio Wright
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilber Mauricio Wright Reynolds | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1970 | ||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Malacateco (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) | |
National team | |||
1994–2005 | Costa Rica | 67 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2007–2010 | Brujas | ||
2011 | Puntarenas | ||
2011–2012 | Municipal Pérez Zeledón | ||
2012–2014 | Deportivo Malacateco | ||
2014–2015 | Cartaginés | ||
2015 | Herediano | ||
2015 | Municipal | ||
2015–2016 | Club Social y Deportivo Municipal | ||
2017 | Deportivo Malacateco | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Wílber Mauricio Wright Reynolds (born 20 December 1970 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a defender. He was a key member of the Costa Rica national team for over ten years.
Club career[]
Wright started his career at Saprissa[1] and moved abroad to play for Comunicaciones in Guatemala, where he played alongside compatriots Rolando Fonseca, Floyd Guthrie and .[2] He then played three seasons (1999–2001) in Major League Soccer, split between the San Jose Clash[3] (later Earthquakes) and the New England Revolution, alongside William Sunsing.[4] He scored six goals[1] and added three assists in MLS league play. Wright has also played for Herediano in Costa Rica and AEK, together with Walter Centeno,[5] in the Greek Super League.[6] He also had a short stint in China with Shenyang Ginde.[7]
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.[8] After not playing in qualifying rounds, he started in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal.[9] 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[10] 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.[11] He was announced the new manager at Herediano in December 2014, replacing Jafet Soto.[12] In May 2021, he won the Clausura season with Saprissa, thus giving the team its record 36th title.
Honours[]
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2003
References[]
- ^ a b Breve historial de Mauricio Wright (Profile) – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Wright ya es del Comunicaciones – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Wright firme en el Clash – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ MLS al rojo vivo•Equipo de Myers ya avanzó; Wright y Sunsing con esperanza; Solís eliminado – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Club AEK griego de tico Mauricio Wright en grupo con Real Madrid y Roma para Liga de Campeones – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alex. "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ Wright jugará en China – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Costa Rica – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ Mauricio Wright – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Brujas confirma a Mauricio Wright en el banquillo – Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Cartaginés presentará este martes a Maurico Wright como su nuevo técnico – Al Día (in Spanish)
- ^ Mauricio Wright asume el Club Sport Herediano – Nación (in Spanish)
External links[]
- Mauricio Wright at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica
- Costa Rican footballers
- Association football defenders
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- Comunicaciones F.C. players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- New England Revolution players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Changsha Ginde players
- Liga FPD players
- Major League Soccer players
- Major League Soccer All-Stars
- Super League Greece players
- Costa Rica international footballers
- 1997 Copa América players
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Costa Rican football managers
- C.S. Herediano managers
- Puntarenas F.C. managers
- C.S.D. Municipal managers
- Costa Rican expatriate football managers
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
- Expatriate football managers in Guatemala