Géiner Segura

Géiner Segura
Personal information
Full name Géiner Segura Mora
Date of birth (1974-10-14) October 14, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Costa Rica
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alajuelense (Assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Pérez Zeledón
1995–1997 Cartaginés
1997–2006 Pérez Zeledón 137 (5)
2007 Santos de Guápiles
2007–2008 Brujas 19 (0)
2008–2009 Universidad 21 (0)
2009 Águilas Guanacastecas
2010–2012 San Carlos 56 (0)
Total 529
International career
1995–2005 Costa Rica 13 (1)
Managerial career
2013–2016 San Carlos (assistant)
2016 San Carlos
2017 AD Cofutpa
2018–2020 Guadalupe
2020– Alajuelense (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Géiner Segura Mora (born 14 October 1974) is a retired Costa Rican professional football player. He is currently a coach.

Club career

Segura made his Primera Division debut for Municipal Pérez Zeledón on 9 February 1994[1] then played for Cartagines before returning to play 10 seasons for Municipal Pérez Zeledón. In 2007, he decided to call it a day at Pérez Zeledón and signed for Santos de Guápiles only to leave them a few months later for Brujas.[2] After playing a year for Universidad he had a season at second division Águilas Guanacastecas. He joined San Carlos ahead of the 2010 Verano season.[3]

Retirement

In a 19-season career, Segura has appeared in 529 Costa Rican league matches, he retired in November 2012.[4] He has made the third-most all-time league appearances for Pérez Zeledón[1] with 365 league matches.[5]

International career

The midfielder made his debut for the Ticos in 1995 against the USA and played in the Korea Cup that year, but was left out for 10 years to be recalled for a friendly international against Haïti in 2005. He then also played at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005 and the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

He collected a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. February 25, 2005 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Guatemala 1–0 4–0 Continental qualifier

Personal life

Segura is married to Vanessa Jorge and they have three children.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Rivera, Arnoldo; Hernandez, Carlos (10 March 2012). "Géiner Segura está en el umbral de un histórico club" [Géiner Segura is on the threshold of a historic club] (in Spanish). La Nacion.
  2. ^ Tendrá 11 nuevos jugadores Brujas es el que mueve el mercado del futbol - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Russell y Vargas llegan a San Carlos - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Se retiró el “toro” mayor Géiner Segura colgó los tacos con 38 años - Al Día (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Interminable guerrero Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Geiner Segura es papá por tercera vez - Al Día (in Spanish)