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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-05-23)23 May 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | San Jose, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward / Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | C.S. Herediano (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1985 | Barrio México | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | Sagrada Familia | 21 | (2) |
| 1987–1990 | Saprissa | 101 | (30) |
| 1990 | Dinamo Zagreb | 14 | (4) |
| 1991 | Rapid Wien | 14 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | (6) |
| 1992–1993 | Foggia | 12 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Saprissa | 47 | (20) |
| 1994–1997 | Pachuca | 126 | (36) |
| 1997–2000 | León | 92 | (18) |
| 2000–2002 | Necaxa | 22 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Saprissa | 29 | (7) |
| Total | 508 | (135) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1985 | Costa Rica U17 | 11 | (8) |
| 1987–2002 | Costa Rica | 89 | (18) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Saprissa | ||
| 2006–2008 | Costa Rica | ||
| 2009 | León | ||
| 2010 | Liberia Mía | ||
| 2010–2011 | Limón | ||
| 2011–2013 | Xelajú | ||
| 2013–2014 | Real España | ||
| 2014 | Honduras | ||
| 2015 | Real España | ||
| 2015–2016 | Xelajú | ||
| 2016–2017 | Herediano | ||
| 2018 | Municipal | ||
| 2019 | Herediano | ||
| 2019 | Real España | ||
| 2019–2021 | Cartaginés | ||
| 2024–2025 | Sporting San José | ||
| 2025- | Deportivo Marquense | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2006 | |||
Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (/ɜːrˈnɑːn/er-NAHN,Spanish:[eɾˈnamˈmeðfoɾ(ð)]; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican formerfootball player and current coach ofDeportivo Marquense. 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.[1]
As a player, Medford is fondly remembered in Costa Rica for two historic goals, both of which he considers his favorite, while playing forCosta Rica: the winning goal ofa group stage match against Sweden to qualify to the knockout stage, and the winning goal of theAztecazo, Mexico's first defeat in a non-friendly match at the Estadio Azteca.[1]
Numerous media outlets regard Medford as the most successful coach in Central America,[2][3][4] as he also found massive success across the region, winning championships in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala.[5] He also coachedSaprissa to win the2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, thus qualifying to the2005 FIFA Club World Championship, finishing in third place.[6]
NicknamedPelicano, orPelican, Medford made his league debut forSagrada Familia on 28 September 1986 againstCartaginés and scored his first goal on 4 January 1987 againstLimonense.[7] In Costa Rica's first division, he played forDeportivo Saprissa, where he won three national championships and the 1993CONCACAF Champions Cup.[7] After three years at Saprissa he played in several different leagues worldwide, includingSerie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), theYugoslav First League (Dinamo Zagreb), theAustrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien),La Liga in Spain (Rayo Vallecano), and thePrimera División de México (Pachuca,León andNecaxa).[8] Pachuca decided to retire Medford's number 17 after he scored his 100th goal in his career.[9]
Medford was part of the1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship held in China,[10] the firstFIFA 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 forCosta Rica in a February 1987friendly match againstSouth Korea and earned a total of 89 caps, scoring 18 goals.[11] He represented his country in 37FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in twoWorld Cups,Italy 1990 andJapan-Korea 2002.[10] 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 theAzteca Stadium againstMexico in the qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match, known as theAztecazo, is one of only two World Cup qualifiers that Mexico have ever lost on home soil. He also played at the1995 UNCAF Nations Cup[12] as well as at the1991,[13]2000,[14] and2002 CONCACAF Gold Cups[15] and the1997[16] and2001 Copa Américas.[17] His final international was a June2002 FIFA World Cup match againstTurkey.
After retiring from professional football in 2003, he entered coaching.[18] He first coachedDeportivo Saprissa with great success, where he has won several championships, including 2 national tournaments, the Uncaf Cup and theCONCACAF Champions Cup, giving Saprissa the right to compete in the2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan, in which Saprissa finished 3rd.
As of October 28, 2006, the Costa Rican Football Federation, orFederación Costarricense de Fútbol, announced him as the new head coach for theCosta 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 ofClub León for the Clausura 2009 season.[19] His first game as head coach was againstTampico 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 leavingClub León Medford decided to take a break in coaching and decided to work as anadministrator/manager but he was appointed manager ofLiberia Mía in December 2009.[20] In 2010 Hernan Medford signed withLimón, a club team from the province ofLimon. 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.[21] He took charge of Guatemalan sideXelajú in September 2011.[22]
In May 2013, he was unveiled as the new manager of Honduran giantsReal España.[23] 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,[24] leaving the post later in December due to the poor performance of the team during his tenure.[25]
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.[26]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 July 1988 | Estadio Revolución,Panama City, Panama |  Panama | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 20 June 1990 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris,Genoa, Italy |  Sweden | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 1 July 1991 | Rose Bowl,Pasadena, United States |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 4 | 13 December 1992 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica,San José, Costa Rica |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 17 November 1996 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica |  Guatemala | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 23 March 1997 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica |  United States | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 19 June 1997 | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera,San José, Bolivia |  Mexico | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1997 Copa América |
| 8 | 9 November 1997 | Estadio Azteca,Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 29 December 1999 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto,Alajuela, Costa Rica |  Honduras | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 17 February 2000 | LA Memorial Coliseum,Los Angeles, United States |  South Korea | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 11 | 9 July 2000 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–0 | 7–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 3–0 | |||||
| 13 | 4–1 | |||||
| 14 | 23 July 2000 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica | United States | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 3 September 2000 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica |  Barbados | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 16 June 2001 | Estadio Azteca,Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 17 | 11 January 2002 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto,Alajuela, Costa Rica |  Cameroon | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 18 | 18 January 2002 | Orange Bowl,Miami, United States |  Martinique | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Source:[5]
Pachuca
Rapid Wien
Rayo Vallecano
Saprissa
Costa Rica
Individual
Herediano[citation needed]
Real España
Saprissa
Xelajú
Costa Rica[citation needed]
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