Aníbal Ruiz

**Aníbal Ruiz Leites** (30 December 1942 – 10 March 2017) was an Uruguayan association football coach.

## Career

His last club charging was Universidad San Martín in Peru. His best coaching highlights were included winning the Supercopa Sudamericana with Olimpia Asunción in 1991 and leading the Paraguayan national football team to the 2006 World Cup.

He was well known for his defensive and ordered style of coaching that led him to the South American Coach of the Year award in 2005. He is commonly known by his nickname, **Maño**.

## Death

On March 10, 2017, while serving as assistant manager to lead manager José Cardozo at Puebla, Ruiz collapsed on the pitch of the Luis "Pirata" Fuente Stadium in Veracruz while the team was warming up. Ruiz later died as a result of a heart attack on the way to a local hospital.

## Other websites

- Profile on the FIFA World Cup web site

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Aníbal Ruiz
- **fullname**: Aníbal Ruiz Leites
- **birth place**: Salto, Uruguay, Salto, Uruguay
- **death place**: Veracruz City, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1962–1963
- **clubs1**: Danubio F.C., Danubio
- **years2**: 1964–1966
- **clubs2**: Sud América
- **years3**: 1966–1968
- **clubs3**: Cúcuta Deportivo
- **years4**: 1969–1970
- **clubs4**: Deportivo Anzoátegui
- **years5**: 1971
- **clubs5**: Montevideo Wanderers
- **years6**: 1972
- **clubs6**: Sport José Pardo, Unión Tumán
- **years7**: 1972–1974
- **clubs7**: Montevideo Wanderers
- **years8**: 1975
- **clubs8**: A.D. Ramonense, Ramonense
- **years9**: 1976
- **clubs9**: Miramar Misiones
- **manageryears1**: 1976
- **managerclubs1**: Club Nacional de Football, Nacional (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 1977
- **managerclubs2**: Danubio F.C., Danubio (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 1978
- **managerclubs3**: Defensor Sporting (assistant)
- **manageryears4**: 1979
- **managerclubs4**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia  (assistant)
- **manageryears5**: 1980
- **managerclubs5**: Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
- **manageryears6**: 1981
- **managerclubs6**: Peñarol (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 1982
- **managerclubs7**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia  (assistant)
- **manageryears8**: 1983
- **managerclubs8**: Atlético Nacional (assistant)
- **manageryears9**: 1984
- **managerclubs9**: Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo), River Plate
- **manageryears10**: 1985
- **managerclubs10**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia
- **manageryears11**: 1986
- **managerclubs11**: Atlético Nacional
- **manageryears12**: 1987
- **managerclubs12**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia
- **manageryears13**: 1988
- **managerclubs13**: Montevideo Wanderers
- **manageryears14**: 1989–1990
- **managerclubs14**: Club Necaxa, Necaxa
- **manageryears15**: 1991
- **managerclubs15**: Deportivo Quito
- **manageryears16**: 1991
- **managerclubs16**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia
- **manageryears17**: 1992
- **managerclubs17**: El Salvador national football team, El Salvador
- **manageryears18**: 1992–1993
- **managerclubs18**: Estudiantes Tecos, UAG
- **manageryears19**: 1993–1996
- **managerclubs19**: Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Veracruz
- **manageryears20**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs20**: Puebla F.C., Puebla
- **manageryears21**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs21**: Club León, León
- **manageryears22**: 1998–2000
- **managerclubs22**: Correcaminos UAT, UAT
- **manageryears23**: 2000–2001
- **managerclubs23**: Club Guaraní, Guaraní
- **manageryears24**: 2001
- **managerclubs24**: Club Olimpia , Olimpia
- **manageryears25**: 2002–2006
- **managerclubs25**: Paraguay national football team, Paraguay
- **manageryears26**: 2006
- **managerclubs26**: Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Veracruz
- **manageryears27**: 2008
- **managerclubs27**: C.S. Emelec, Emelec
- **manageryears28**: 2008
- **managerclubs28**: Cúcuta Deportivo
- **manageryears29**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs29**: Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Universidad San Martín
- **manageryears30**: 2012
- **managerclubs30**: León de Huánuco
- **manageryears31**: 2013
- **managerclubs31**: Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Universidad San Martín
- **manageryears32**: 2014
- **managerclubs32**: C.S.D. Municipal, Municipal
- **manageryears33**: 2015
- **managerclubs33**: Deportivo Toluca F.C., Toluca (assistant)
- **manageryears34**: 2016
- **managerclubs34**: Chiapas F.C., Chiapas (assistant)
- **manageryears35**: 2017
- **managerclubs35**: Puebla F.C., Puebla (assistant)