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Hernán Medford

{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Medford|Bryan|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hernán Medford

| image = Hernan Medford Bryan (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|05|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Jose, Costa Rica

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Forward / Winger

| currentclub = C.S. Herediano (Manager)

| youthyears1 = 1980–1985

| youthclubs1 = Barrio México

| years1 = 1986

| clubs1 = Sagrada Familia

| caps1 = 21

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1987–1990

| clubs2 = Saprissa

| caps2 = 101

| goals2 = 30

| years3 = 1990

| clubs3 = Dinamo Zagreb

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1991

| clubs4 = Rapid Wien

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1991–1992

| clubs5 = Rayo Vallecano

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 1992–1993

| clubs6 = Foggia

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1993–1994

| clubs7 = Saprissa

| caps7 = 47

| goals7 = 20

| years8 = 1994–1997

| clubs8 = Pachuca

| caps8 = 126

| goals8 = 36

| years9 = 1997–2000

| clubs9 = León

| caps9 = 92

| goals9 = 18

| years10 = 2000–2002

| clubs10 = Necaxa

| caps10 = 22

| goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2002–2003

| clubs11 = Saprissa

| caps11 = 29

| goals11 = 7

| totalcaps = 508

| totalgoals = 135

| pcupdate = 20 June 2006

| nationalyears1 = 1985

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica U17

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| nationalyears2 = 1987–2002

| nationalteam2 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps2 = 89

| nationalgoals2 = 18

| ntupdate = 20 June 2006

| manageryears1 = 2003–2006

| managerclubs1 = Saprissa

| manageryears2 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs2 = Costa Rica

| manageryears3 = 2009

| managerclubs3 = León

| manageryears4 = 2010

| managerclubs4 = Liberia Mía

| manageryears5 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs5 = Limón

| manageryears6 = 2011–2013

| managerclubs6 = Xelajú

| manageryears7 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs7 = Real España

| manageryears8 = 2014

| managerclubs8 = Honduras

| manageryears9 = 2015

| managerclubs9 = Real España

| manageryears10 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs10 = Xelajú

| manageryears11 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs11 = Herediano

| manageryears12 = 2018

| managerclubs12 = Municipal

| manageryears13 = 2019

| managerclubs13 = Herediano

| manageryears14 = 2019

| managerclubs14 = Real España

| manageryears15 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs15 = Cartaginés

| manageryears16 = 2024–

| managerclubs16 = Sporting San José

}}

Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ({{IPAc-en|ɜr|ˈ|n|ɑː|n}} {{respell|er|NAHN}}, {{IPA|es|eɾˈnam ˈmeðfoɾ(ð)|lang}}; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican former football player and current coach of Sporting F.C. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford achieved success as both a player and a coach.{{cite news |last1=Monge |first1=Estefan |title=Hernán Medford: El multicampeón atraído por la administración de empresas y la actuación |url=https://www.espn.co.cr/futbol/costa-rica/nota/_/id/6859462/hernan-medford-multicampeon-costa-rica-administracion-empresas-actuacion |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=ESPN.com.mx |date=16 April 2020 |language=es}}

As a player, Medford is fondly remembered in Costa Rica for two historic goals, both of which he considers his favorite, while playing for Costa Rica: the winning goal of a group stage match against Sweden to qualify to the knockout stage, and the winning goal of the Aztecazo, Mexico's first defeat in a non-friendly match at the Estadio Azteca.

Numerous media outlets regard Medford as the most successful coach in Central America,{{cite news |last1=Araya |first1=José Fernando |title=Medford es el que tiene más títulos |url=https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/futbol-nacional/medford-es-el-que-tiene-mas-titulos/4ZSLLZD5NVCJRNQVQO5TXNU7KA/story/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=La Nación |date=11 September 2012 |language=es}}{{cite news |last1=Méndez |first1=Julio |title=Los técnicos más exitosos en Centroamérica |url=https://www.diez.hn/centroamerica/los-tecnicos-mas-exitosos-en-centroamerica-MCDZ631418 |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=Diario Diez |date=28 March 2014 |language=es-HN}}{{cite news |last1=Zamora |first1=Andrea |title=Para Claudio Ciccia, Cartaginés debe recuperar su puesto como la cuarta fuerza deportiva {{!}} Sinart |url=https://costaricamedios.cr/2020/06/11/para-claudio-ciccia-cartagines-debe-recuperar-su-puesto-como-la-cuarta-fuerza-deportiva/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=SINART |date=11 June 2020 |language=es}} as he also found massive success across the region, winning championships in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala.{{cite news |last1=Calvo |first1=Rodrigo |title=El éxito es fiel socio del 'Pelícano' Medford {{!}} Buzón de Rodrigo |url=https://buzonderodrigo.com/el-exito-es-fiel-socio-del-pelicano-medford/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |date=15 May 2016 |language=es}} He also coached Saprissa to win the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, thus qualifying to the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, finishing on the third place.{{cite news |last1=Malagón |first1=Édgar |title='Hasta aquí llegaron'; así ganó Saprissa título a Pumas en 2005 |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/concacaf-liga-de-campeones/gano-saprissa-titulo-pumas-concachampions-2005 |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=Medio Tiempo |date=16 February 2022 |language=es-MX}}

Club career

Nicknamed Pelicano, or Pelican, Medford made his league debut for Sagrada Familia on 28 September 1986 against Cartaginés and scored his first goal on 4 January 1987 against Limonense.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1999/septiembre/05/deportes5.html Las vivencias de Hernán Medford en su trajinar por el futbol mundial] - Nación {{in lang|es}} In Costa Rica's first division, he played for Deportivo Saprissa, where he won three national championships and the 1993 CONCACAF Champions Cup. After three years at Saprissa he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), the Yugoslav First League (Dinamo Zagreb), the Austrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien), La Liga in Spain (Rayo Vallecano), and the Primera División de México (Pachuca, León and Necaxa).[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2000/junio/20/deportes6.html Medford al Necaxa] - Nación {{in lang|es}} Pachuca decided to retire Medford's number 17 after he scored his 100th goal in his career.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1997/mayo/05/pachuca.html Se fue la 17 Hernán Medford se despidió del Pachuca con un gol] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

International career

Medford was part of the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship held in China,{{FIFA player|174762}} the first FIFA World Cup tournament where Costa Rica ever appeared, and scored the first goal ever for his home country in this type of tournaments. He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a February 1987 friendly match against South Korea and earned a total of 89 caps, scoring 18 goals.{{cite web|author=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando|title=Costa Rica - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html|date=2009-08-12|website=RSSSF|access-date=2009-08-18}} He represented his country in 37 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in two World Cups, Italy 1990 and Japan-Korea 2002. He scored a goal against Sweden in the 1990 World Cup, which resulted in qualification for the second round. He also scored the winning goal at the Azteca Stadium against Mexico in the qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match, known as the Aztecazo, is one of only two World Cup qualifiers that Mexico have ever lost on home soil. He also played at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam95.html UNCAF Tournament 1995] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025907/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam95.html |date=2011-05-14 }} - RSSSF as well as at the 1991,[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/91gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016083600/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/91gc-full.html |date=2013-10-16 }} - RSSSF 2000,[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details] - RSSSF and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cups[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003140732/http://rsssf.com/tables/02gc-full.html |date=2009-10-03 }} - RSSSF and the 1997[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/97safull.html Copa América 1997] - RSSSF and 2001 Copa Américas.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2001safull.html Copa América 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019104840/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/2001safull.html |date=2013-10-19 }} - RSSSF His final international was a June 2002 FIFA World Cup match against Turkey.

Managerial career

After retiring from professional football in 2003, he entered coaching.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2003/marzo/23/deportes5.html Medford y Ramírez Reencuentro de amigos] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He first coached Deportivo Saprissa with great success, where he has won several championships, including 2 national tournaments, the Uncaf Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, giving Saprissa the right to compete in the second FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup in Japan, in December 2005, in which Saprissa finished 3rd.

As of October 28, 2006, the Costa Rican Football Federation, or Federación Costarricense de Fútbol, announced him as the new head coach for the Costa Rica national football team. He was sacked on 28 June 2008 after a string of poor results and only a few wins, and showing unprecedent bias in favor of his old former players of Saprissa.

He took the reins of Club León for the Clausura 2009 season.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/diciembre/20/deportes1818077.html El Pelícano asumió ayer Medford se llevará cuatro ticos al León] - Nación {{in lang|es}} His first game as head coach was against Tampico Madero, ending in a 1–1 tie. He was fired as manager by the president of the club owing to poor results in the pre-season and the season itself.

After leaving Club León Medford decided to take a break in coaching and decided to work as an administrator/manager but he was appointed manager of Liberia Mía in December 2009.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/diciembre/16/deportes2197309.html Hernán Medford es el nuevo técnico de Liberia Mía] - In 2010 Hernan Medford signed with Limón, a club team from the province of Limon. He signed also as an administrator. The team seemed to have benefited from his previous experience as administrator. In June 2011 Carlos Pascal the team’s chairman was arrested due to accusations of drug trafficking leaving the club without a president. Medford tried to help the team survive this set back since without Pascal the team was left without financial support. Medford endured a difficult season with Limon F.C. In August 2011 Medford resigned, claiming it had nothing to do with the financial problems the club had suffered, but because of personal decisions.[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/Hernan-Medford-dejo-gerencia-Limon_0_1218278238.html Hernán Medford dejó hoy la gerencia de Limón F.C.] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He took charge of Guatemalan side Xelajú in September 2011.[http://www.nacion.com/archivo/Hernan-Medford-tecnico-Xelaju-Guatemala_0_1220078000.html Hernán Medford es el nuevo técnico del Xelajú de Guatemala] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

In May 2013, he was unveiled as the new manager of Honduran giants Real España.[http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Hernan-Medford-nuevo-entrenador-del-Real-Espana Hernán Medford, nuevo entrenador del Real España] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608044656/http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Hernan-Medford-nuevo-entrenador-del-Real-Espana |date=2013-06-08 }} - La Prensa {{in lang|es}} Under his direction Real España became the 2013 champion of the Honduran league. In July 2014 Medford was appointed the new national team manager of Honduras,[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Hernan-Medford-tecnico-Seleccion-Honduras_0_1428657332.html Hernán Medford es el nuevo técnico de la Selección de Honduras] - Nación {{in lang|es}} leaving the post later in December due to the poor performance of the team during his tenure.{{cite news|last1=Roca|first1=Gustavo|title=Hernán Medford queda fuera de la selección de Honduras!|url=http://www.diez.hn/laseleccion/773054-99/hern%C3%A1n-medford-queda-fuera-de-la-selecci%C3%B3n-de-honduras|access-date=4 December 2014|publisher=Diez|date=2 December 2014}}

Personal life

Medford is a son of Herman Medford Sterling and Gloria Bryan Givans and has two sisters. He has two daughters from his first marriage with Arlene Lewis. Currently he is married to model Ingrid Solís.{{cite web | title=¡Al fin! Ingrid Solís y Hernán Medford se casaron este fin de semana | website=AMPrensa.com | date=2021-10-02 | url=https://amprensa.com/2021/10/al-fin-ingrid-solis-y-hernan-medford-se-casaron-este-fin-de-semana/ | language=es}}

Career statistics

:Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Medford goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Hernán Medford[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-medford-intl.html Hernán Evaristo Medford - International Appearances]

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

style="text-align:center"|131 July 1988Estadio Revolución, Panama City, Panama{{fb|PAN}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–01990 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|220 June 1990Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy{{fb|SWE}}style="text-align:center"|2–1style="text-align:center"|2–11990 FIFA World Cup
style="text-align:center"|31 July 1991Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States{{fb|TRI}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–21991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
style="text-align:center"|413 December 1992Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica{{fb|VIN}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|5–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|517 November 1996Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica{{fb|GUA}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|3–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|623 March 1997Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica{{fb|USA}}style="text-align:center"|1–1style="text-align:center"|3–21998 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|719 June 1997Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, San José, Bolivia{{fb|MEX}}style="text-align:center"|1–1style="text-align:center"|1–11997 Copa América
style="text-align:center"|89 November 1997Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico{{fb|MEX}}style="text-align:center"|1–2style="text-align:center"|3–31998 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|929 December 1999Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica{{fb|HON|1949}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|1017 February 2000LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States{{fb|KOR}}style="text-align:center"|2–2style="text-align:center"|2–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
style="text-align:center"|11rowspan="3"|9 July 2000rowspan="3"|Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Ricarowspan="3"|{{fb|VIN}}style="text-align:center"|2–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|7–1rowspan="3"|Friendly
style="text-align:center"|12style="text-align:center"|3–0
style="text-align:center"|13style="text-align:center"|4–1
style="text-align:center"|1423 July 2000Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica{{fb|USA}}style="text-align:center"|2–1style="text-align:center"|2–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|153 September 2000Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica{{fb|BAR}}style="text-align:center"|3–0style="text-align:center"|3–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|1616 June 2001Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico{{fb|MEX}}style="text-align:center"|2–1style="text-align:center"|2–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|1711 January 2002Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica{{fb|CMR}}style="text-align:center"|2–1style="text-align:center"|2–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|1818 January 2002Orange Bowl, Miami, United States{{fb|MTQ|snake}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–02002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Source:

=Player=

Pachuca

Rapid Wien

  • Austrian Cup runner-up: 1990–91{{cite web |title=Fussball in Österreich Spiel: Rapid Wien SV Stockerau |url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1991/19910530rapisv_s0.htm |website=www.austriasoccer.at |access-date=21 April 2022}}

Rayo Vallecano

Saprissa

Costa Rica

Individual

  • CONCACAF Team of the Century: 1998[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html "Balboa, Ramos named to CONCACAF "Team of the Century""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115509/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html |date=5 October 2016 }}, Soccer America, 14 May 1998.

=Manager=

Herediano{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Real España

Saprissa

Xelajú

Costa Rica{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

References

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