Personal information | |||
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Full name | Guillermo León Quirós | ||
Date of death | 8 July 2010 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1947– | Saprissa | ||
Universidad Nacional | |||
Nicolás Marín | |||
–1958 | UD Moravia | ||
International career | |||
Costa Rica | 17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Guillermo "Viriguas" León Quirós (died 7 July 2010) [1] was a Costa Rican football player.
He played with Deportivo Saprissa during the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of that team when it reached Costa Rica's First Division in 1949. [2] León scored 47 goals in 1947 while playing with Saprissa in the Third Division, and next year scored 33 goals with the team in the Second Division, [3] after which the team rose to the First Division. He also scored once in their first match at the highest level, a 3-1 win over La Libertad on 21 August 1949. [4]
He also played for Universidad Nacional, Nicolás Marín and Unión Deportiva Moravia in a career spanning from 1947 through 1958. [5]
On 8 July 2010, León died at age 82 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. [6]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Guillermo León Quirós | ||
Date of death | 8 July 2010 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | San José, Costa Rica | ||
Position(s) | Inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1947– | Saprissa | ||
Universidad Nacional | |||
Nicolás Marín | |||
–1958 | UD Moravia | ||
International career | |||
Costa Rica | 17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Guillermo "Viriguas" León Quirós (died 7 July 2010) [1] was a Costa Rican football player.
He played with Deportivo Saprissa during the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of that team when it reached Costa Rica's First Division in 1949. [2] León scored 47 goals in 1947 while playing with Saprissa in the Third Division, and next year scored 33 goals with the team in the Second Division, [3] after which the team rose to the First Division. He also scored once in their first match at the highest level, a 3-1 win over La Libertad on 21 August 1949. [4]
He also played for Universidad Nacional, Nicolás Marín and Unión Deportiva Moravia in a career spanning from 1947 through 1958. [5]
On 8 July 2010, León died at age 82 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. [6]