Jorge Hernán Monge


Jorge Hernán Monge Mora was a Costa Rican football player, considered in his country as one of the top strikers ever to have played the game.

Club career

Better known as Cuty, he debuted with Saprissa at the young age of 15. He was part of the Deportivo Saprissa team that went on a World Tour in 1959, becoming the first Latin American team to ever do such a trip. Cuty was the top goal scorer of Deportivo Saprissa during the 50s and beginnings of the 60s.
Cuty won a total of 6 Costa Rican national championships, and was the best goal scorer in several seasons. He still holds the Costa Rican record for most goals scored by a player in a single game, with 6, in 1958 against Club Sport La Libertad.
His career was cut short in 1968, when injuries caused by a car accident forced him to retire. He was only 30 when he quit the fields. He played 136 league games, scoring 93 goals for Saprissa.

International career

During those years, he played the same role in Costa Rica's national squad, team where he played his first game being just 17 years old. In 27 matches, he scored 23 goals, and is still in the top 5 among the best scorers in the Costa Rica national football team. He played in the qualifying rounds of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and was part of the so-called Chaparritos de Oro team that ended 3rd in the 1956 Panamerican Championship.

Legacy

The football stadium in his hometown of Desamparados was named in his honour.