Alexandre Guimarães
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Henrique Borges Guimarães | ||
| Date of birth | November 7, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979 | Durpanel | (16) | |
| 1980–1981 | Puntarenas | ||
| 1982–1991 | Saprissa | ||
| 1992 | Turrialba | ||
| Total | 377 | (95) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1985–1990 | Costa Rica | 16 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1995 | Belén | ||
| 1996–1997 | Herediano | ||
| 1997–2000 | Saprissa | ||
| 1999 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2000–2002 | Costa Rica | ||
| 2003 | Cartaginés | ||
| 2004 | Irapuato | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sinaloa | ||
| 2005–2006 | Costa Rica | ||
| 2006–2008 | Panama | ||
| 2009–2010 | Al Wasl | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Dhafra | ||
| 2011–2012 | Saprissa | ||
| 2012–2014 | Tianjin Teda | ||
| 2016– | Mumbai City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 April 2016 |
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Alexandre Henrique Borges Guimarães (born November 7, 1959) is a Costa Rican retired footballer, who played in 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was the Costa Rica national football team head coach in Korea-Japan 2002 and Germany 2006, and had successful runs with teams like Al Wasl in United Arab Emirates, Tianjin Teda in China and Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica. His son Celso Borges currently plays for Deportivo La Coruña in Spanish La Liga. He represented Costa Rica nationally, despite being born and raised in Brazil. Current, he manages ISL team, Mumbai City FC.
Born in Maceió, Alagoas, in the northeast of Brazil, Guimarães moved to Costa Rica in 1971 at the age of twelve and became a Costa Rican citizen in 1980. He played basketball for Asturias but as a football player, Guimarães started his career at second division side Durpanel San Blas where he became the league's goalscorer with 16. He then played for top flight clubs Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa, and Turrialba.
He was national champion three times with Saprissa in 1982, 1988 and 1989 and scored 95 goals in 377 official matches.
Guimarães made his debut for Costa Rica in a March 1985 friendly match against Canada and earned a total of 16 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in three matches in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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