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{{Short description|Costa Rican footballer (1938–2019)}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Jorge Monge
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|fullname = Jorge Hernán Monge Mora
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1938|2|14}}
|birth_place = [[Desamparados]], [[Costa Rica]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2019|11|28|1938|2|14}}
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|position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
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|youthyears1= 1951–1953
|youthclubs1= [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|years1= 1953–1967 |clubs1= [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]              |caps1= 136 | goals1 = 100
|nationalyears1= 1955–1961
|nationalteam1= [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-cuty-intlg.html Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge - Goals in International Matches]</ref>
|nationalcaps1= 26 | nationalgoals1 = 21
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{{family name hatnote|Monge|Mora|lang=Spanish}}
''' Jorge Hernán Monge Mora ''' (14 February 1938 – 28 November 2019) <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.crhoy.com/deportes/fallece-el-exdeportista-jorge-hernan-cuty-monge/| title = Fallece el exdeportista Jorge Hernán “Cuty” Monge}} </ref> was a [[Costa Rica]]n [[association football|football]] player, considered in his country as one of the top [[Strikers (football)|strikers]] ever to have played the game.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|publisher=Salón de la Fama del Deporte Costarricense|title=JORGE HERNAN "CUTY" MONGE MORA|url=http://www.salfadeco.or.cr/miembros/113.html|accessdate=2009-06-02|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224652/http://www.salfadeco.or.cr/miembros/113.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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 America]]n 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.<ref name="Biography" />

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.<ref name="Biography" /> He played 136 league games, scoring 93 goals for Saprissa.<ref>[http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3419:a-las-puertas-del-club-de-los-grandes-goleadores&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 A las puertas del club de los grandes goleadores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220024535/http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3419:a-las-puertas-del-club-de-los-grandes-goleadores&catid=9:noticias-historicas&Itemid=49 |date=2014-12-20 }} - UNAFUT {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==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]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Mamrud, Roberto |title=Costa Rica - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html |accessdate=2009-06-02 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706072055/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cos-recintlp.html |archivedate=2009-07-06 }}</ref> He played in the qualifying rounds of the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]]<ref>{{FIFA player|50809|Jorge Hernan Monge}}</ref> and was part of the so-called ''Chaparritos de Oro'' team that ended 3rd in the 1956 Panamerican Championship.<ref>[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-internacional/Buzon_0_1405859444.html Los Chaparritos de Oro en 1956] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The football stadium in his hometown of Desamparados was named in his honour.<ref>[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Brujas-podra-usar-bemCuty-Monge_0_920507989.html Brujas no podrá usar el Cuty Monge] - Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Costa Rican Primera División Top goalscorers}}

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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Desamparados (canton)]]
[[Category:Footballers from San José Province]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Liga FPD players]]
[[Category:Costa Rican men's footballers]]
[[Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Deportivo Saprissa players]]


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