Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce (born 25 May 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer for Twente, on loan from Belgian First Division B club Lommel.
![]() Ugalde celebrating the 2019 CONCACAF League Best Young Player award | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce | ||
Date of birth | (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Twente (on loan from Lommel) | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Saprissa | 37 | (13) |
2020– | Lommel | 22 | (11) |
2021– | → Twente (loan) | 31 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Costa Rica U17 | 5 | (3) |
2020– | Costa Rica U23 | 3 | (1) |
2020– | Costa Rica | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2021 |
Debuting for Saprissa in early 2019, Ugalde scored two goals in a 3–1 victory over Belmopan Bandits in CONCACAF League play on 31 July 2019.[1] He scored his first professional hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Limón on 21 October.[2] In November, Ugalde was named as the Best Younger Player of the 2019 CONCACAF League tournament, with four goals in seven matches.[3]
In July 2020 Ugalde signed a contract with City Football Group and joined Belgian First Division B club Lommel.[4]
On 25 June 2021, Ugalde joined Eredivisie side Twente on a season-long loan deal.[5] On 1 July 2022, the loan was renewed for the 2022–23 season.[6]
Ugalde made his international senior debut for Costa Rica on 1 February 2020 against the United States, coming on as a substitute for Marco Ureña in a 1–0 defeat.[7]
In September 2021 after a difficult international window for Costa Rica during the third round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and criticisms of his performance by head coach Luis Fernando Suárez, Ugalde announced he would no longer accept call-ups to Los Ticos as long as Suárez remained coach.[8]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saprissa | 2018–19[9] | Liga FPD | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | – | 15 | 5 | |||||
2019–20[10] | Liga FPD | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 12 | |||||
Total | 37 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 17 | ||||||
Lommel | 2020–21[10] | Belgian First Division B | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 11 | |||
Twente (loan) | 2021–22[10] | Eredivisie | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 28 | 4 | |||
Career total | 84 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 32 |
Saprissa
Individual
FC Twente – current squad | |
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