Miguel Segura | |
Fullname: | Miguel Antonio Segura Vargas |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1963 |
Birth Place: | San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica |
Currentclub: | Belén (goalkeeper coach) |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1983–1986 |
Years2: | 1986 |
Years3: | 1987–1991 |
Clubs3: | Saprissa |
Caps3: | 83 |
Years4: | 1991 |
Clubs4: | Palmares |
Years5: | 1992–1993 |
Clubs5: | Turrialba |
Years6: | 1993–1994 |
Clubs6: | Limonense |
Years7: | 1994–1997 |
Clubs7: | Municipal Limeño |
Years8: | 1997 |
Clubs8: | Dragón |
Years9: | 1998 |
Clubs9: | Turrialba |
Years10: | 1998–2000 |
Clubs10: | Deportivo Carchá |
Nationalyears1: | 1983–1990 |
Nationalteam1: | Costa Rica |
Nationalcaps1: | 0 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Miguel Antonio Segura Vargas (born 2 September 1963) is a Costa Rican retired football goalkeeper.
He started his career in 1983 at Sagrada Familia, had a spell at Ramonense[1] and moved to Saprissa in 1987.[2] He ended up playing 83 games for Saprissa.[3] He also played for Palmares,[4] Turrialba, Limonense and abroad for Salvadoran sides Municipal Limeño and Dragón and Guatemalan outfit Deportivo Carchá.[1]
When with Saprissa, Segura set a new Costa Rican Primera Division record of keeping a clean sheet of 855 minutes during 10 matches in 1989.[2] [5] Until 2012, he also held the Centroamerican record but was surpassed by Guatemalan goalkeeper Ricardo Jerez.[6]
Nicknamed Manguera, Segura was a non-playing squad member for Costa Rica in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[7]
After retiring as a player, Segura worked in the minor leagues as a coach.[1] He also worked as a goalkeeper coach, for Cartaginés[8] and Uruguay de Coronado among others. In 2014, he was goalkeeper coach at Belén FC.[9]
He is married to Kattia María Mora Soto and has one daughter, Jessica.[2]