Hernán Medford

Football player infobox| playername= Hernán Medford
fullname = Hernán Medford Bryan
nickname = El Pelicano
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|23|05
cityofbirth = San Jose
countryofbirth = Costa Rica
height = 179cm
weight = 78 kg
currentclub = Costa Rica
position = Manager (former striker)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1980-85 1986 1987-90 1990 1991 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-97 1997-2000 2000-02 2002-03
clubs = Barrio México AD Sagrada Familia Deportivo Saprissa Dinamo Zagreb SK Rapid Wien Rayo Vallecano Foggia Calcio Deportivo Saprissa CF Pachuca León Necaxa Deportivo Saprissa
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1987-2002
nationalteam = Costa Rica
nationalcaps(goals) = 89 (18)
manageryears = 2003-06
2006—2008
managerclubs = Deportivo Saprissa
Costa Rica
pcupdate = 20 June 2006
ntupdate = 20 June 2006

Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican soccer player and coach. Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), the Yugoslavian first division (Dinamo Zagreb), the Austrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien), La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the Mexican premier league, with CF 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, playing in two World Cups, Italy 1990 and Japan-Korea 2002. He scored a goal against Sweden in the 1990 World Cup, which resulted in qualification for the second round, Costa Rica's best World Cup performance. He also scored the winning goal at the Azteca Stadium against Mexico in the qualification for the 2002 World Cup, the only home World Cup qualifier game that Mexico has ever lost.

After retiring from professional football in 2003, he entered coaching. He first coached Deportivo Saprissa with great success, where he has won several championships, including 2 national tournaments, the Uncaf Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, giving Saprissa the right to compete in the second FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup in Japan, in december of 2005, in which Saprissa finished 3rd.

As of October 28, 2006, the Costa Rican Football Federation, or Federación Costarricense de Fútbol, announced him as the new head coach for the Costa Rica national football team. He was sacked on 28 June 2008 after a string of poor results and only a few wins, and showing unprecedent bias in favor of his old former players of Saprissa.