Hernán Bolaños

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|name = Hernán Bolaños

|image = Hernán Bolaños, Estadio, 1946-03-23 (149).jpg

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|caption = Bolaños in 1946

|full_name = Hernán Bolaños Ulloa

|birth_place = Granada, Nicaragua

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|3|20}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1992|5|9|1912|3|20}}

|death_place = San José, Costa Rica

|position = Forward

|years1 =

|clubs1 = UCR Fútbol Club

|years2 =

|clubs2 = Orión F.C.

|years3 = 1930–1935

|clubs3 = Alajuelense

|years4 = 1936–1947

|clubs4 = Audax Italiano

|years5 = 1940

|clubs5 = → Universidad de Chile (loan)

|years6 = 1940

|clubs6 = → Universidad Católica (loan)

|nationalyears1 = 1930–1938

|nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

|nationalcaps1 = 9

|nationalgoals1 = 9

|nationalyears2 = 1940

|nationalteam2 = Chile

|nationalcaps2 = 3

|nationalgoals2 = 0

|manageryears1 = 1946–1948

|managerclubs1 = Costa Rica

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Hernán Bolaños Ulloa (20 March 1912 – 9 May 1992) was a football player and manager. He played as a forward. Born in Nicaragua, he represented Costa Rica and Chile internationally.

Early life

Bolaños was born in Granada, Nicaragua.

Club career

He joined Alajuelense in 1930 and played for Audax Italiano, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica in Chile.{{cite web |title=Hernán Bolaños, el primer goleador extranjero del fútbol chileno |work=ANFP |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/35441/hernan-bolanos-el-primer-goleador-extranjero-del-futbol-chileno |publisher=ANFP |access-date=5 October 2021 |language=es |date=9 June 2020}}[http://www.audaxitaliano.cl/web2/2014/11/03/1936-el-primer-grito-de-campeon/ 1936: “El primer grito de campeón”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013048/http://www.audaxitaliano.cl/web2/2014/11/03/1936-el-primer-grito-de-campeon/ |date=29 November 2014 }} - Audax Italiano {{in lang|es}} He played for Audax Italiano alongside his twin brother, Óscar, and they were nicknamed Los hermanos del Diablo (The Devil's brothers) by the Chilean press.{{cite web |title=Futbolistas costarricenses que jugaron en Chile |url=https://tecache.cl/deportes/futbol-chileno/2019/01/futbolistas-costarricenses-que-jugaron-en-chile/ |website=Regate.cl |access-date=5 October 2021 |language=es |date=22 January 2019}}

International career

Bolaños played for Costa Rica appearing in nine occasions recording nine goals,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/el-buzon-de-rodrigo/KL7XHZLBXJEIHESDCZM6RU77LA/story/|title=Puro Deporte: El buzón de Rodrigo|language=es|website= |date=10 January 2000}} in 1940 he played for Chile at the Copa Roca – loss by 2–3 against Argentina – in Buenos Aires and at the Copa Presidente Aguirre Cerda – loss by 2–3 against Uruguay – in Montevideo.

Retirement

Bolaños studied dentistry at the University of Chile{{Cite web|url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/35441/hernan-bolanos-el-primer-goleador-extranjero-del-futbol-chileno|title=Hernán Bolaños, el primer goleador extranjero del fútbol chileno|work=ANFP |publisher=Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional|date=9 June 2020|accessdate=27 January 2024}} and became the Costa Rica ambassador to Chile.{{cite news|author=Ana Coralia Fernandez|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/zurqui/2006/junio/21/zurqui9.html|title=¿Quién fue y qué hizo?: Hernán Bolaños Ulloa|trans-title=Who was he and what did he do ?: Hernán Bolaños Ulloa|work=La Nación|language=es|access-date=15 March 2018}}