Roberto Fleitas (born 25 May 1932) is a

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head coach and former center back who managed the Uruguay national team and several top level Uruguayan clubs.

Career

He played as a center back. After retiring, Roberto Fleitas started a career as a head coach. He won the

1987 Copa América The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament ...

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coach, and won the 1992

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, the

1988 Copa Libertadores The 1988 Copa Libertadores de América was the 29th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. This season's defending champion Peñarol of Uruguay were defeated by San ...

and the

1988 Intercontinental Cup The 1988 Intercontinental Cup was an Association football match played on 11 December 1988 between Nacional of Uruguay, winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, and PSV of Netherlands, winners of the 1987–88 European Cup. The match was played at ...

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's head coach. He won the

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award in 1988.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleitas, Roberto 1932 births Living people Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan football managers 1987 Copa América managers Uruguay national football team managers Club Nacional de Football managers Peñarol managers Association football central defenders C.A. Progreso managers