Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican football player and coach.
Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), the Yugoslav First League (Dinamo Zagreb), the Austrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien), La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the Mexican Primera Division, with C.F. Pachuca, León and Necaxa. Pachuca decided to retire M...
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Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican football player and coach.
Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), the Yugoslav First League (Dinamo Zagreb), the Austrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien), La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the Mexican Primera Division, with C.F. Pachuca, León and Necaxa. Pachuca decided to retire Medford's number 17 after he scored his 100th goal in his career.
In Costa Rica's first division, he played for Deportivo Saprissa, were he won three national championships and the 1993 CONCACAF Champions Cup. He was part of the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship held in China, the first FIFA World Cup tournament where Costa Rica ever appeared, and scored the first goal ever for his home country in this type of tournaments. Medford also represented Costa Rica's national squad 89 times, playing in two World Cups, Italy 1990 and Japan-Korea 2002....
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