Miguel Ángel Brindisi

Miguel Ángel Brindisi
Brindisi with the Argentina national team, 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-08) 8 October 1950
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1976 Huracán 320 (155)
1976–1978 Las Palmas 92 (29)
1978–1980 Huracán 29 (11)
1981–1982 Boca Juniors 78 (27)
1983 Nacional 19 (3)
1984 Racing Club 38 (9)
1985 Municipal (2)
Total 576 (236)
International career
1969–1974 Argentina 46 (17)
Managerial career
1986 Alumni de Villa María
1987–1988 Municipal
1989–1991 Barcelona SC
1991–1992 Las Palmas
1994–1997 Guatemala
1994–1995 Independiente
1998–1999 Espanyol
2001–2003 Huracán
2003 Racing Club
2003–2004 Lanús
2004–2005 Boca Juniors
2005–2007 Comunicaciones
2008 Atlas
2008–2009 Jaguares
2010–2011 Huracán
2013 Independiente
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Brindisi de Marco (born 8 October 1950) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he mainly played as an attacking midfielder for Huracán, but he also played for Las Palmas in Spain, Nacional in Uruguay, and both Boca Juniors and Racing Club in Argentina. While playing for Las Palmas, he helped them reach the 1977–78 Copa del Rey final, where they lost 3–1 to FC Barcelona. He was also capped 46 times for Argentina between 1969 and 1974, scoring 17 goals[1] and playing for them at the Brazil Independence Cup in 1972 and the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from football, he became a manager. He managed teams in Argentina, Guatemala,[2] Ecuador, Spain, and Mexico. He notably helped Barcelona SC reach the 1990 Copa Libertadores final, where they lost to Club Olimpia, won the Supercopa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana with Independiente, and managed Guatemala at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In November 2014, it was reported that he was one of the coaches who applied for the India national team job.[3]

Honours

Player

Huracán
Las Palmas
Boca Juniors
Nacional
Individual

Manager

CSD Municipal
  • Liga Nacional: 1987, 1988
Barcelona S.C
Independiente
  • Primera División: 1994 Clausura
  • Supercopa Libertadores: 1994
  • Recopa Sudamericana: 1995

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Argentina record international players Archived 2 November 2000 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol — Municipal" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
  3. ↑ "Top coaches vie for India job". The Times of India. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "South American Player of the Year 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year". Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "La Selección de Todos los Tiempos" [The Team of All Time] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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