Miguel Ángel Brindisi

**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 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, 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.

### 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
- La Liga Team of The Year: 1979
- AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)

### 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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Miguel Ángel Brindisi
- **image**: Brindisi argentina.jpg
- **caption**: Brindisi with the Argentina national team, 1974
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, striker (association football), striker
- **years1**: 1967–1976
- **caps1**: 320
- **goals1**: 155
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **years2**: 1976–1978
- **caps2**: 92
- **goals2**: 29
- **clubs2**: UD Las Palmas, Las Palmas
- **years3**: 1978–1980
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 11
- **clubs3**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **years4**: 1981–1982
- **caps4**: 78
- **goals4**: 27
- **clubs4**: Boca Juniors
- **years5**: 1983
- **caps5**: 19
- **goals5**: 3
- **clubs5**: Club Nacional de Football, Nacional
- **years6**: 1984
- **caps6**: 38
- **goals6**: 9
- **clubs6**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **years7**: 1985
- **goals7**: 2
- **clubs7**: CSD Municipal, Municipal
- **totalcaps**: 576
- **totalgoals**: 236
- **nationalyears1**: 1969–1974
- **nationalcaps1**: 46
- **nationalgoals1**: 17
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears1**: 1986
- **managerclubs1**: Alumni de Villa María
- **manageryears2**: 1987–1988
- **managerclubs2**: CSD Municipal, Municipal
- **manageryears3**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs3**: Barcelona Sporting Club, Barcelona SC
- **manageryears5**: 1991–1992
- **managerclubs5**: UD Las Palmas, Las Palmas
- **manageryears6**: 1994–1997
- **managerclubs6**: Guatemala national football team, Guatemala
- **manageryears7**: 1994–1995
- **managerclubs7**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **manageryears8**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs8**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **manageryears9**: 2001–2003
- **managerclubs9**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **manageryears10**: 2003
- **managerclubs10**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **manageryears11**: 2003–2004
- **managerclubs11**: Club Atlético Lanús, Lanús
- **manageryears12**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs12**: Boca Juniors
- **manageryears13**: 2005–2007
- **managerclubs13**: Comunicaciones FC, Comunicaciones
- **manageryears14**: 2008
- **managerclubs14**: Atlas F.C., Atlas
- **manageryears15**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs15**: Chiapas F.C., Jaguares
- **manageryears16**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs16**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **manageryears17**: 2013
- **managerclubs17**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente