Benjamín Eduardo ("''Mincho''") Monterroso Díaz (born 1 January 1952) is a Guatemalan professional

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and former player who played as a

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. He was most recently the manager of the Guatemala women's national team.

Playing career

Monterroso played for

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from 1970 to 1979, being part of the squad that won the IV

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in 1974. He also played in the only

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final played by a Guatemalan team. After a 1–1 aggregate against Argentina's Independiente, Monterroso missed during the penalty shootout. Aside from the CONCACAF honors, Municipal won three

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championships with Mincho, in 1973, 1974, and 1976. Monterroso scored 21 goals in all competitions for Municipal, and after a decade at the club, he played for the clubs Juventud Retalteca (1980 to 1981), Cobán Imperial (1982 to 1986) and

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(1987). He was a playing member of the Guatemala national team from 1971 to 1986, participating in two World Cup qualification processes, one Olympic tournament, and was a member of the Guatemalan team that won a bronze medal at the

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. During the

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, ''Mincho'' played four matches, scoring one goal against

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.Figures on World Cup qualification matches played and goals scored are taken from and subsequent yearly pages. There is a discrepancy as to the information on matches played during the 1974 World Cup qualification tournament between those pages (4) and th
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page (2). He then was part of the squad that qualified to the 1976 Olympic tournament, playing in all three of Guatemala's matches at the

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. In 1976 and 1977, he played in eleven matches during the

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process, scoring one goal against

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Coaching career

Monterroso coached the Guatemala national team from December 1998 to December 1999, during which time the team finished runner-up at the

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. He coached the Olympic squad during part of the qualification campaign for the

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. He was named national team coach a second time from December 2003 to 2004, without coaching any official matches. Among the clubs Monterroso coached are Municipal (1997 to 1998, promoting eventual international

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Carlos Ruiz), Universidad de San Carlos (2003 ''Clausura''), Deportivo Jalapa (2004 to 2005), and Suchitepéquez (2005). In January 2007, he was appointed head coach of the

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, but in October 2008 he returned to coaching the men's national team, as the successor to

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. remaining in charge until 2009. Monterroso became the manager of club ''Unifut'' in the women's top division of Guatemala in 2010, winning four consecutive league titles as of the end of 2011. His two daughters Coralia and María play for the club and are also members of the national women's team. He was appointed coach of the Guatemala women's U-20 team on 6 February 2012.

References and notes

External links

FIFA.com – Individual record at FIFA tournaments
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monterroso, Benjamin 1952 births Living people Footballers from Guatemala City Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Pan American Games bronze medalists in football Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Olympic footballers for Guatemala Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Comunicaciones F.C. players C.S.D. Municipal players Guatemalan football managers Guatemala national football team managers Men's association football midfielders Association football managers by women's national team Guatemala women's national football team CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 20th-century Guatemalan sportsmen