Amelia Valverde Age, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amelia Valverde

• Amelia Valverde started learning football as a child. She watched matches on television and liked making notes.

• She studied the techniques, strategies, and skills of football players.

• When Amelia Valverde was three years old, she refused to wear pink dresses and liked wearing blue shorts and a white T-shirt.

• During her college days, he collected World Cup balls.

• Reportedly, her Barbie doll was the soccer ball.

• Amelia Valverde practised football with her cousins and brother, Ernesto Valverde.

• Her physical teacher once appreciated her for her kicking style. The teacher advised her to play in a local team, San Ramón.

• When she was fifteen years old, Amelia Valverde made her national debut in the Costa Rican Women’s Premier Division and played for Deportivo Saprissa and Flores de Heredia (now known as Herediano).

• She then went on to participate in various football championships.
  

  An old image of Amelia Valverde

• In 2011, the Flores de Heredia removed their coach midseason. They had no money for a replacement, so they offered her the job when she was 25 years old.

• She accepted the offer because she liked coaching more than playing. That same year, she started coaching the national team.

• From 2011 to 2014, Amelia Valverde served as an assistant manager of the senior and under-20 teams of the Costa Rica women’s national football team

• In 2015, she was appointed manager of the Costa Rica women’s national football team. She held the position till 2023.

• During this period, Amelia Valverde became the longest-tenured manager in the history of Costa Rican women’s football.

• In 2015 and 2023, she trained the team for their participation in two FIFA Women’s World Cups.
  

  Amelia Valverde while instructing a football team

• When she was twenty-eight years old, she became the second-youngest head coach at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

• Under her guidance, the Costa Rica women’s national football team won a gold medal at the 2017 Central American Games, a silver medal in 2018, and a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.

• In 2022, her team finished fourth at the CONCACAF Championship and qualified for the World Cup.

• In 2024, she won both the Liga MX Femenil Clausura and Apertura titles, earning a historic Bicampeonato.

• In January 2026, Amelia Valverde made headlines when she was appointed head coach of the Indian women’s national football team by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
  

  Amelia Valverde on a poster after being appointed as the head coach of the Indian women’s national football team by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

• She was appointed to lead the Indian football team in the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Australia.

• Reportedly, Amelia Valverde became angry before the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 in Australia, two days before the first match, when she found that the players’ jerseys were too small.

• After that, she became upset and cancelled a planned online media conference with Indian journalists.

• She often appears as a sports anchor on Telemundo Deportes, a sports channel dedicated to football in Costa Rica.
  

  Amelia Valverde (middle) while anchoring a show on Telemundo Deportes, a sports channel dedicated to football in Costa Rica

• Amelia Valverde likes travelling to distant places, swimming, and reading books in her free time.
  

  Amelia Valverde while enjoying a trip