1. Ricardo Juan Antonio Saprissa Ayma was a lifelong athlete, coach, and promoter of sports.
10 Facts About Ricardo Saprissa
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Ricardo Saprissa played several sports, excelling at football as well as in baseball, tennis, field hockey and polo.
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Ricardo Saprissa joined the football club RCD Espanyol, and won the national cup competition with the club in 1929.
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Ricardo Saprissa won Spain's field hockey national championship in 1924 and the national tennis doubles championship in 1923 and 1924.
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Ricardo Saprissa moved to San Jose, Costa Rica, in 1932.
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Ricardo Saprissa became the coach and president of the local football team, Orion, guiding them to a championship in 1938.
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Ricardo Saprissa coached Costa Rica's national football team, winning the silver medal at the 1935 and 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games, and in the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires.
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Ricardo Saprissa asked Saprissa if he could supply the player's uniforms.
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Ricardo Saprissa did, and the team became known as Deportivo Saprissa.
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Ricardo Saprissa was the president of Deportivo Ricardo Saprissa from 1948 to 1981.