Álvaro_Grant_MacDonald
Álvaro Grant
Costa Rican footballer and manager (born 1938)
Álvaro Grant MacDonald (born 3 February 1938) is a Costa Rican former football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Álvaro Grant MacDonald | ||
| Date of birth | (1938-02-03) 3 February 1938 (age 86) | ||
| Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1953 | Saprissa | ||
| 1955 | Guadalupe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1973 | Herediano | 298 | |
| International career | |||
| 1959–1969 | Costa Rica | 46 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1975 | Herediano (assistant) | ||
| 1978 | San Carlos | ||
| 1984 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1985 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1993 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1994–1995 | Herediano | ||
| 1998 | Goicoechea | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Grant played for Saprissa and Guadalupe at youth and junior level but made his senior debut for Herediano in 1956 and remained with the club until his retirement in July 1973.[1] He totalled 298 league games for the Rojiamarillos[2] and 49 cup games.[3]
Grant was capped by Costa Rica, playing 46 games and scoring 1 goal.[4] He represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5] He also played at the inaugural 1963 CONCACAF Championship.[6] Grant was named by both Radio Monumental and Al Dia newspaper in their squad of the best players of Costa Rica in the 20th century.[7]
After retiring, Grant managed Alajuelense, Herediano and the Costa Rica national football team as well as Puntarenas and Limonense. In October 1998 he took the reins at Goicoechea.[8]
Grant was born to Alia Grant, who died when he was young, and had five brothers.[1] He is married to Marla Vega Alfaro but Álvaro and Marlene Saborío are the parents of Costa Rica international forward Álvaro Saborío.[9]
- Alvaro Grant McDonald bio - Salon de la Fama del deporte Costarricense (Costa Rican Sports Hall of Fame)
- En el Herediano el record se llama Germán Chavarría - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- Los inmortales de la alineación florense - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
- Álvaro Grant – FIFA competition record (archived)
- La Tricolor en los Norcecas 63 y 69 - Nación (in Spanish)
- Macdonald llega a Goico - Nación (in Spanish)
- Saborío lleva 5 tantos en 4 juegos seguidos Una precoz alianza con los goles - Nación (in Spanish)
- Álvaro Grant at National-Football-Teams.com
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