Who is Karla Alemán, the future technical director of the senior women’s national team?

After the failure experienced by women’s soccer at the national team level under the command of Edy Espinoza and Benjamín Monterroso, the National Football Federation, he took some time to analyze several folders and thus choose the right person to take charge.

There were around 30 folders of possible candidatesbut the president of Fedefut, Gerardo Paiz, had among his priorities that the profile was a woman to take command of the women’s team and at the same time be the head in all the coordination, as part of the change and supporting the inclusion plan promoted by FIFA.

At first, the The Executive Committee of Fedefut had had very advanced talks with the Costa Rican Jimena Rojas Cordero, a former soccer player and current coach with extensive knowledge of women’s soccer.

Rojas studied at the University of Costa Rica and obtained a specialty at the prestigious University of Leipzig, in Germany, and studied at High Performance Center of Barcelona.

But his hiring was no longer carried out, because Asheville City Soccer Club, of North Carolinaoffered him a economic improvement to continue as a coach of the women’s team.

But your compatriot Karla Alemán Cortés, was another of the strong candidates and who in the next few hours could be presented as the new head of the Guatemalan women’s teams.

Alemán Cortés, was a renowned soccer player and Costa Rican national team, he served as a central defender being the leader of the Lucema team.

She was the captain of the Women’s National Team that played the first World Cup qualifying round in the country’s history.

Subsequently, He ventured into coaching and managed The Dragons team in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as to the Costa Rica’s senior team.

Since 1996 he has worked on sports projectss with people, groups, institutions and in interdisciplinary spaces, as well as intersectoral, both national and international.

Alemán has a degree in Physical Education from the National University and has a master’s degree in Management of Sports Organizations from the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Solidarity.

Also, it was Director of the Multidisciplinary Team of the National Olympic Committee (2013-2015 and 2016-2018), and as a methodologist in said Committee (2012-2013). And since February 2021, she served as Minister of Sports.

The Costa Rican will not only take command of the National Women’s Soccer Teamwill also be the coordinator of the limited age selections and the one in charge of taking the coaches of the different categories.

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