Jorge Ulate

Jorge Manuel Ulate Arguedas (born 14 April 1956) is a retired Costa Rican football striker.

Jorge Ulate

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Manuel Ulate Arguedas
Date of birth	(1956-04-14) April 14, 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth	Heredia, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1983	Herediano
1978	→ Mcp. Puntarenas (loan)
1984–1987	Alajuelense
1988–1989	Olimpia		(3)
1989–1990	Victoria	9	(0)
	San Miguel
	Guanacasteca
	Generaleña
	Turrialba
1992	Carmelita
International career‡
1979–1985	Costa Rica	14	(8)
Managerial career
2001	Alajuelense
2003	UCR
2005	Costa Rica U-20 (assistant)
2006	Herediano (assistant)
2008–2010	El Roble
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 April 2015

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

Club career

Nicknamed Gugui, Ulate made his professional debut for hometown club Herediano on 5 June 1977^[1] and also had a significant stay with Alajuelense, becoming the league's top goalscorer twice, in 1984 with 17 goals and in 1985 with 21 goals.^[2] He scored a total of 130 league goals.^[3]

He also played for Honduran top clubs Olimpia^[4] and Victoria^[5] and had spells with smaller Costa Rican clubs.

International career

He made his debut for Costa Rica in a May 1979 Olympic Games qualifier against Panama and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 8 goals.^[1] He represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[6]

Managerial career

Ulate replaced Luis Roberto Sibaja as manager of second division side Universidad in summer 2003.^[7] He managed his son Jorge Pablo in 2010 when in charge of El Roble.^[8]