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 goalsrsssf: Argentina record international players  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.

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
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

References

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Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine footballers
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Boca Juniors footballers
Category:1974 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Argentine football managers
Category:RCD Espanyol managers
Category:Club Atlético Huracán managers
Category:Boca Juniors managers