Rolando Villalobos

Rolando Villalobos

Personal information
Full name	Rolando Villalobos Chacón
Date of birth	(1953-07-25) 25 July 1953
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1971	Alajuelense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1979	Alajuelense
1980	San Carlos
1981	Alajuelense
1982–1984	Saprissa
1983	Juventud Retalteca
1985	Curridabat
1986–1988	Saprissa
Total		411	(46)
International career
1972–1975	Costa Rica	9	(1)
Managerial career
1991	Costa Rica
1991–1992	Saprissa
1992–1993	Turrialba
1993–1994	Herediano
1995–1996	Cartaginés
1997	Costa Rica U23
1998	Costa Rica
2001–2002	Cartaginés
2004–2005	UCR
2006	Alajuelense
2011–2012	Costa Rica (selection coordinator)
2012	Cartaginés (sports director)
2013–2014	Puntarenas (sports director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Rolando Villalobos Chacón (born 25 July 1953) is a retired Costa Rican footballer and football manager.

Club career

After coming through their youth ranks, Villalobos made his senior debut for Alajuelense on 9 May 1971 against rivals Saprissa and he scored his first goal on 12 April 1972 against Ramonense. He had a stint in Guatemala as well and also played for San Carlos and Saprissa.

He retired at Saprissa in 1988, his last game was on 12 May that year against his first club Alajuelense.

International career

He made his debut for Costa Rica in an August 1972 friendly match against Mexico and collected a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal. Villalobos played for Costa Rica at the 1975 Pan American Games.

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1975		El Salvador			1976 Summer Olympics qualification

Managerial career

Nicknamed el Cadáver, Villalobos has managed the Big Four clubs of Costa Rica as well as the national team on two occasions. He was assistant to Bora Milutinović at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

He was named sports director of Cartaginés in May 2012 and in January 2014 he resigned as sports director of Puntarenas. Now he works for Club Sport Herediano as a sports manager.

Personal life

His son Walter Villalobos also is a professional football player. Married twice, Villalobos has 5 children.

External links

• Trayectoria de Rolando Villalobos como jugador y técnico (Biography) - Nación (in Spanish)