 Ugalde celebrating theCONCACAF League withSaprissa in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-05-25)25 May 2002 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Saprissa | 37 | (13) |
| 2020–2023 | Lommel | 22 | (11) |
| 2021–2023 | →Twente (loan) | 49 | (11) |
| 2023–2024 | Twente | 18 | (7) |
| 2024– | Spartak Moscow | 57 | (21) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Costa Rica U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2020– | Costa Rica U23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2020– | Costa Rica | 31 | (11) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce (born 25 May 2002) is a Costa Rican professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forRussian Premier League clubSpartak Moscow and theCosta Rica national team.
Debuting forSaprissa in early 2019, Ugalde scored two goals in a 3–1 victory overBelmopan Bandits inCONCACAF League play on 31 July 2019.[2] He scored his first professional hat-trick in a 6–0 victory overLimón on 21 October.[3] In November, Ugalde was named as the Best Younger Player of the2019 CONCACAF League tournament, with four goals in seven matches.[4]
In July 2020 Ugalde signed a contract withCity Football Group and joinedBelgian First Division B clubLommel.[5]
On 25 June 2021, Ugalde joinedEredivisie sideTwente on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 1 July 2022, the loan was renewed for the 2022–23 season.[7]
On 6 July 2023, Ugalde signed forTwente on a permanent basis for four years.[8]
On 29 January 2024, Ugalde moved toRussian Premier League clubSpartak Moscow on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[9] On 23 November 2024, Ugalde scored 4 goals in a 5–2 victory againstLokomotiv Moscow, taking the top spot in the league goalscorers' race with 12 goals.[10] He went into the winter break of the Russian season in December with 15 goals scored. He became the league's top scorer of the season with 17 goals.[11]
Ugalde made his international senior debut forCosta Rica on 1 February 2020 against theUnited States, coming on as a substitute forMarco Ureña in a 1–0 defeat.[12]
In September 2021 after a difficult international window for Costa Rica during thethird round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and criticisms of his performance by head coachLuis Fernando Suárez, Ugalde announced he would no longer accept call-ups to Los Ticos as long as Suárez remained coach.[13]
After the dismissal of Luis Fernando Suárez after the2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, In August 2023 Ugalde accepted a call-up from interim coachClaudio Vivas to Costa Rica ahead of a friendly againstSaudi Arabia.[14] During the match on September 8, he scored his first goal for his country, netting the second goal in an eventual 3–1 victory.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saprissa | 2018–19[16] | Liga FPD | 7 | 1 | — | 8[b] | 4 | — | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20[17] | Liga FPD | 30 | 12 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
| Total | 37 | 13 | — | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 17 | |||
| Lommel | 2020–21[17] | Belgian First Division B | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 11 | ||
| Twente (loan) | 2021–22[17] | Eredivisie | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23[17] | Eredivisie | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 4[f] | 1 | 31 | 9 | |
| Total | 49 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 13 | ||
| Twente | 2023–24[17] | Eredivisie | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6[e] | 1 | — | 25 | 9 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 17 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 18 | |||
| 2025–26 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| Total | 57 | 21 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 72 | 25 | ||||
| Career total | 183 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 231 | 75 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 13 | 8 | |
| Total | 31 | 11 | |
Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.[16]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2023 | St James' Park,Newcastle upon Tyne, England |  Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 26 March 2024 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,Los Angeles, United States |  Argentina | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 3 | 9 June 2024 | Kirani James Athletic Stadium,St. George's, Grenada |  Grenada | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 21 March 2025 | FFB Stadium,Belmopan, Belize |  Belize | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 25 March 2025 | Estadio Nacional,San José, Costa Rica | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | |
| 7 | 7 June 2025 | BFA Technical Centre,Wildey, Barbados |  Bahamas | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 15 June 2025 | Snapdragon Stadium,San Diego, United States |  Suriname | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 9 | 4–3 | |||||
| 10 | 18 June 2025 | AT&T Stadium,Arlington, United States |  Dominican Republic | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 11 | 14 October 2025 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica |  Nicaragua | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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