Rolando Villalobos

{{Short description|Costa Rican footballer and manager (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rolando Villalobos

| fullname = Rolando Villalobos Chacón

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|7|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = San José, Costa Rica

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1965–1971

| youthclubs1 = Alajuelense

| years1 = 1971–1979

| clubs1 = Alajuelense

| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1980

| clubs2 = San Carlos

| years3 = 1981

| clubs3 = Alajuelense

| years4 = 1982–1984

| clubs4 = Saprissa

| years5 = 1983

| clubs5 = Juventud Retalteca

| years6 = 1985

| clubs6 = Curridabat

| years7 = 1986–1988

| clubs7 = Saprissa

| totalcaps = 411 | totalgoals = 46

| nationalyears1 = 1972–1975

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1991 | managerclubs1 = Costa Rica

| manageryears2 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs2 = Saprissa

| manageryears3 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs3 = Turrialba

| manageryears4 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs4 = Herediano

| manageryears5 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs5 = Cartaginés

| manageryears6 = 1997 | managerclubs6 = Costa Rica U23

| manageryears7 = 1998 | managerclubs7 = Costa Rica

| manageryears8 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs8 = Cartaginés

| manageryears9 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs9 = UCR

| manageryears10 = 2006 | managerclubs10 = Alajuelense

| manageryears11 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs11 = Costa Rica (selection coordinator)

| manageryears12 = 2012 | managerclubs12 = Cartaginés (sports director)

| manageryears13 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs13 = Puntarenas (sports director)

}}

Rolando Villalobos Chacón (born 25 July 1953) is a retired Costa Rican footballer and football manager.

Club career

After coming through their youth ranks, Villalobos made his senior debut for Alajuelense on 9 May 1971 against rivals Saprissa and he scored his first goal on 12 April 1972 against Ramonense.[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Buzon_0_1412658772.html Trayectoria de Rolando Villalobos] - Nación {{in lang|es}} He had a stint in Guatemala as well and also played for San Carlos and Saprissa.

He retired at Saprissa in 1988, his last game was on 12 May that year against his first club Alajuelense.

International career

He made his debut for Costa Rica in an August 1972 friendly match against Mexico and collected a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal. Villalobos played for Costa Rica at the 1975 Pan American Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panam75det.html|title=Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details|date= |website=RSSSF|accessdate=2020-05-01}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	1975		{{fb\|SLV}}	align="center" \|	align="center" \|	1976 Summer Olympics qualification

Managerial career

Nicknamed el Cadáver,[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2006/febrero/19/ovacion8.html "No me gusta mi apodo"] - Al Día {{in lang|es}} Villalobos has managed the Big Four clubs of Costa Rica as well as the national team on two occasions. He was assistant to Bora Milutinović at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

He was named sports director of Cartaginés in May 2012[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Rolando-Villalobos-llega-Cartagines_0_1266073560.html Rolando Villalobos llega al Cartaginés] - Nación {{in lang|es}} and in January 2014 he resigned as sports director of Puntarenas. Now he works for Club Sport Herediano as a sports manager.[http://www.aldia.cr/futbol-costa-rica/puntarenas/Rolando_Villalobos-deja-Puntarenas_0_292170799.html Rolando Villalobos renunció a la gerencia deportiva de Puntarenas] - Al Día {{in lang|es}}

Personal life

His son Walter Villalobos also is a professional football player. Married twice, Villalobos has 5 children.

References

External links

[http://www.nacion.com/blogs/el_buzon_de_rodrigo/Trayectoria-Rolando-Villalobos-jugador-tecnico_10_1413958591.html Trayectoria de Rolando Villalobos como jugador y técnico (Biography)] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

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Category:1953 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from San José, Costa Rica

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Costa Rican men's footballers

Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers