Amelia Valverde
 Valverde in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Amelia Valverde Villalobos[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | India (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flores de Heredia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saprissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Costa Rica Women (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2023 | Costa Rica Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | C.F. Monterrey Femenil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | India Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager, who currently serves as the head coach of the India women's national football team.[2][3]
Valverde was previously part of the Costa Rica women's national football team program from 2011 to 2014 in various roles, including assistant manager of the senior and under-20 teams, and finally manager of the senior team from 2015 to 2023.[4][5]
Prior to her career as a manager, she played in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division for Flores de Heredia (now known as Herediano) and Saprissa.[6]
Honours
Costa Rica
C.F. Monterrey
Individual
- CONCACAF Female Coach of the Year: 2016
- Balón de Oro Best Female Manager: 2023–24
References
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Amelia Valverde appointed as Indian senior women's team coach". AIFF. 20 January 2026.
- ^ "Italian Pamela Conti set to take charge of India U-17 women's team for AFC Asian Cup". The Times of India. 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Costa Rica names Valverde as women's head coach". CONCACAF. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Marín, Por Fanny Tayver; Valverde, Esteban; Montenegro, Milton (24 August 2023). "Amelia Valverde fuera: un final esperado luego de ocho años en la Selección Mayor Femenina". La Nación. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Mora Jiliuta, Cristina (23 September 2015). "La técnica notable de Amelia Valverde" [Amelia Valverde's remarkable technique]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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