Miguel Ángel Brindisi
![]() Brindisi with the Argentina national team, 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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
- Primera División: 1973 Metropolitano
- Las Palmas
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 1977–78
- Boca Juniors
- Primera División: 1981 Metropolitano
- Nacional
- Primera División: 1983
- Individual
- Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1972 Metropolitano (21 goals)
- Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 1973
- South American Footballer of the Year Silver Award: 1973[4]
- La Liga Team of The Year: 1979[5]
- AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)[6]
Manager
- CSD Municipal
- Liga Nacional: 1987, 1988
- Barcelona S.C
- Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol: 1989, 1991
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1990
- Independiente
- Primera División: 1994 Clausura
- Supercopa Libertadores: 1994
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1995
References
- ↑ rsssf: Argentina record international players Archived 2 November 2000 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol — Municipal" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
- ↑ "Top coaches vie for India job". The Times of India. p. 18.
- ↑ "South American Player of the Year 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ↑ "Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year". Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ↑ "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.
Other websites
- Miguel Ángel Brindisi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
