Argentinian coach Gustavo Alfaro signed the contract this Thursday that makes him the new Costa Rican soccer coach for the process according to World Cup 2026reported the Costa Rican Football Federation (FCRF).

“Getting to the Costa Rica team It gives me honor, encourages me, obligates me and gives me dignity. It’s been almost a year of waiting after experience with Ecuador at the 2022 World Cup in Qatarbut that was what we wanted together with the professional staff: to have privilege and responsibility to guide the football destinies of this countryAlfaro said in the FCRF press release.

Are you looking for new utopias? Coach Gustavo Alfaro has an agreement to lead Costa Rica

Costa Rica has not had a coach since July 21 when he sacked Colombian coach Luis Fernando Suárez due to poor results in recent months.

Alfaro will travel to Costa Rica in the following days for his official presentation and got fully involved in the work, together with his proven coaching staff, which consists of 3 technical assistants, 2 physical trainers and a goalkeeper coach.

“I hope we can all achieve a choice that resonates with people’s feelings.”, with sublime pride that means belonging to and representing the country; which respects its historical past and poses a concrete challenge to its future,” said the new coach.

for his part, The president of the FCRF, Osael Maroto, celebrated “the arrival of a coach of professional and human quality Don Gustavo, who excites us a lot in the middle of the process of change we are in.”

“We see that His knowledge, preparation and football philosophy will be a perfect fit for the Ticos players and fans. “We are very happy about his arrival,” he said.

The Argentine was one of a number of candidates for the position analyzed by the FCRF in recent months and, according to Marot, there were no problems agreeing on the terms of the contract.

“He really wants to come,” Maroto commented on Wednesday when he announced that a deal had been reached and that all that remained was the signing of the contract.

The mission of the new coach will be to achieve a change of generations which is not consolidated despite the fact that Costa Rica has young players who have made the leap to European football, such as Dutch Twente striker Manfred Ugaldeo, English Nothingham Forest midfielder Brando Aguilera; and forwards Jewison Bennette, from English Sunderland; and Kenneth Vargas, from Scottish Hearts.

Alfaro, 61 years old, will look to qualify Costa Rica for the seventh World Cup in its history and fourth in a row.

Coach it comes from qualifying and leading Ecuador to the 2022 World Cup in Qatarand previously he forged a career in Argentine football leading, among other teams, such as Boca Juniors, Huracán, Gimnasia y Esgrima de la Plata, Tigre, Arsenal, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo.

His record includes the 2007 South American Cup title and Argentina’s 2012 Clausura tournament. with Arsenal; the Argentine Super League 2020 and Super Cup 2019 with Boca Juniors; among others.

Alfaro is also a Renowned television commentator, lecturer and book author “Hunters of impossible utopias”in which he recounts the process of forming the group that earned Ecuador a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar 2022. (D)