Guillermo León | |
Fullname: | Guillermo León Quirós |
Death Place: | San José, Costa Rica |
Position: | Inside left |
Years1: | 1947– |
Clubs1: | Saprissa |
Clubs2: | Universidad Nacional |
Clubs3: | Nicolás Marín |
Years4: | –1958 |
Clubs4: | UD Moravia |
Nationalteam1: | Costa Rica |
Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
Guillermo "Viriguas" León Quirós (died 7 July 2010)[1] was a Costa Rican football player.
He played with Deportivo Saprissa during the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of that team when it reached Costa Rica's First Division in 1949.[2] León scored 47 goals in 1947 while playing with Saprissa in the Third Division, and next year scored 33 goals with the team in the Second Division,[3] after which the team rose to the First Division. He also scored once in their first match at the highest level, a 3-1 win over La Libertad on 21 August 1949.[4]
He also played for Universidad Nacional, Nicolás Marín and Unión Deportiva Moravia in a career spanning from 1947 through 1958.[5]
On 8 July 2010, León died at age 82 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[6]