Víctor Haroldo Púa Sosa (born 31 May 1956 in

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) is a Uruguayan former football player and currently a football manager.

Career

He coached the Uruguay U-20 national team, finishing runner-up in the

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. He was appointed to coach the Uruguay national team in the 1999

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, earning second place honors. In 2001, he was chosen to replace Daniel Passarella, qualifying for the

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after finishing 5th in the South American zone and winning a playoff against

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. Uruguay was drawn into group A alongside world champions France, Denmark and eventual tournament revelation Senegal. After a defeat to Denmark and a 0–0 draw with France, Uruguay had to beat Senegal to make it to the next round. Despite coming back from a 0–3 at half time, Richard Morales narrowly missed a fourth goal with the goalkeeper down, which left Uruguay in 3rd place and out of the next round. In 2004, he coached

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side Rosario Central but resigned after only 2 matches, because of differences with the board and a defeat to Newell's Old Boys in the local derby.

Clubs as player

Liverpool Montevideo Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was first promoted to the Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere. History The club has its roots in the student team from the Cat ...

River Plate Montevideo A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

* Defensor Sporting Club *

Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most su ...

Deportivo Mandiyú Club Deportivo Mandiyú, also referred as Mandiyú is an Argentine football club, based in Corrientes, in the Province of the same name. The squad currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentine football league system, the Torneo Ar ...

Rampla Juniors Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was actively playing the 2021 season by January 2021. In their home stadium, Rampla won the Uruguayan championship in 1927. ...

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Teams as coach

* Uruguay * Rosario Central * Peñarol youths general manager 2007–2009, manager 2009

Family

His son is the midfielder Federico Púa, currently playing in Chile.Unión Temuco suma refuerzos

References

1956 births Living people People from Paso de los Toros Uruguayan footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players River Plate Montevideo managers Defensor Sporting players Rampla Juniors players Club Olimpia footballers C.A. Bella Vista players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Uruguayan football managers Peñarol managers Rosario Central managers Expatriate football managers in Argentina Uruguay national football team managers 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup managers 1999 Copa América managers 2001 Copa América managers 2002 FIFA World Cup managers Association football defenders Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football {{Uruguay-footy-bio-stub