Miguel_Segura
Miguel Segura
Costa Rican footballer (born 1963)
Miguel Antonio Segura Vargas (born 2 September 1963) is a Costa Rican retired football goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Antonio Segura Vargas | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Belén (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | Sagrada Familia | ||
| 1986 | Ramonense | ||
| 1987–1991 | Saprissa | 83 | |
| 1991 | Palmares | ||
| 1992–1993 | Turrialba | ||
| 1993–1994 | Limonense | ||
| 1994–1997 | Municipal Limeño | ||
| 1997 | Dragón | ||
| 1998 | Turrialba | ||
| 1998–2000 | Deportivo Carchá | ||
| International career | |||
| 1983–1990 | Costa Rica | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He started his career in 1983 at Sagrada Familia, had a spell at Ramonense[1] and moved to Saprissa in 1987.[2] He ended up playing 83 games for Saprissa.[3] He also played for Palmares,[4] Turrialba, Limonense and abroad for Salvadoran sides Municipal Limeño and Dragón and Guatemalan outfit Deportivo Carchá.[1]
When with Saprissa, Segura set a new Costa Rican Primera Division record of keeping a clean sheet of 855 minutes during 10 matches in 1989.[2][5] Until 2012, he also held the Centroamerican record but was surpassed by Guatemalan goalkeeper Ricardo Jerez.[6]
Nicknamed Manguera, Segura was a non-playing squad member for Costa Rica in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[7]
After retiring as a player, Segura worked in the minor leagues as a coach.[1] He also worked as a goalkeeper coach, for Cartaginés[8] and Uruguay de Coronado among others. In 2014, he was goalkeeper coach at Belén FC.[9]
He is married to Kattia María Mora Soto and has one daughter, Jessica.[2]
- ¿Qué hay de su vida?: Miguel Segura Vargas - Nación (in Spanish)
- Miguel Segura lidera el premio de la constancia - Nación (in Spanish)
- Lonnis se marchó dejando un record difícil de romper Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- Palmares: predestinado al descenso - Nación (in Spanish)
- Porteros con mayor tiempo de imbatibilidad Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- Portero guatemalteco le quita al tico Miguel Segura récord de imbatibilidad en Centro América Archived 2014-12-10 at archive.today - Everardo Herrera (in Spanish)
- “Miguel Segura me tenía loco - Al Día (in Spanish)