Guillermo León

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is León and the second or maternal family name is Quirós.

Guillermo "Viriguas" León Quirós (died 7 July 2010)^[1] was a Costa Rican football player.

Guillermo León

Personal information
Full name	Guillermo León Quirós
Date of death	8 July 2010(2010-07-08) (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

Club career

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]

Death

On 8 July 2010, León died at age 82 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.^[6]