Vladimir Antonio de la Trinidad Quesada Araya (born 12 May 1966), is a Costa Rican professional football manager and former player.

[14] On 1 March 1989, Vladimir was called up alongside Juan Cayasso to join the Costa Rica national team as replacements for Ronald Marín and Joaquín Guillén.

[18] Under manager Rolando Villalobos, Vladimir played the three matches of the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup that ended with victories over Honduras (2–0),[19] El Salvador (7–1)[20] and Guatemala (1–0) to become champions of the tournament.

[22] Quesada made a total of 31 performances for the Costa Rica national side,[23] his last match took place on 24 November 1996 in a 1–0 loss against Guatemala.

[28] Following Hernández's departure due to poor results on 16 April 2002, the management appointed Vladimir as head coach to finish the Primera División season.

[33] In July 2004, he was appointed to develop the new Fusión Tibás team in the Liga de Ascenso, combining young and experienced players.

[43][44] On 11 July 2006, he was appointed head coach of Santos de Guápiles in the Primera División, replacing Uruguayan Daniel Casas.

On 15 February 2007, he was dismissed after poor performance, having earned two points out of fifteen in the Clausura championship, with losses to Puntarenas (0–2),[48] Cartaginés (1–0),[49] and Saprissa (3–1),[50] and two draws (1–1) against Alajuelense[51] and Brujas.

[52][53] He served as assistant coach to Carlos Watson during the 2016–17 season with Saprissa, winning the Invierno 2016 championship and finishing as runner-up in the Verano 2017 tournament.

[54] Following Watson’s retirement on 17 December 2017,[55] Vladimir was confirmed as the interim coach to face the Torneo Clausura and the CONCACAF Champions League.

[60] This prevented him from holding press conferences after matches,[61] so his assistant Víctor Cordero handled media interactions until the end of the tournament on 20 May,[62] when the team won the league after defeating Herediano in a penalty shootout.

[69] Later that year, he led his team in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and advanced to the next stage,[70] but was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the United States with a score of 2–0.

[84] On 13 January 2024, at the start of the Torneo Clausura,[85] a 3–0 victory over Puntarenas extended his winning streak to 13 matches, equaling the record set by Alajuelense in 1998.