Aníbal Ruiz Leites (30 December 1942 – 10 March 2017) was a Uruguayan
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
coach.
Death
On March 10, 2017, while serving as assistant manager to lead manager
José Cardozo
José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. H ...
at
Puebla, Ruiz collapsed on the pitch of the
Luis "Pirata" Fuente Stadium in
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
while the team was warming up. Ruiz later died as a result of a heart attack on the way to a local hospital.
References
External links
Profile on the FIFA World Cup web site
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1942 births
2017 deaths
Uruguayan footballers
Danubio F.C. players
Sud América players
Cúcuta Deportivo footballers
Deportivo Anzoátegui players
Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
A.D. Ramonense players
Miramar Misiones players
Expatriate footballers in Colombia
Expatriate footballers in Costa Rica
Expatriate footballers in Peru
Expatriate footballers in Venezuela
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
Uruguayan football managers
Club Olimpia managers
Club Guaraní managers
Club Necaxa managers
Correcaminos UAT managers
C.D. Veracruz managers
Club Puebla managers
Club León managers
S.D. Quito managers
Atlético Nacional managers
Montevideo Wanderers managers
C.S.D. Municipal managers
Expatriate football managers in Guatemala
Expatriate football managers in Argentina
Expatriate football managers in Colombia
Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
Expatriate football managers in El Salvador
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Paraguay
Expatriate football managers in Peru
Paraguay national football team managers
El Salvador national football team managers
2006 FIFA World Cup managers
Cúcuta Deportivo managers
Association football midfielders
Footballers from Salto, Uruguay
Universidad San Martín managers
León de Huánuco managers