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.

References

Other websites
Profile on the FIFA World Cup web site 

Category:1942 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Uruguayan footballers
Category:Uruguayan football managers