Miguel Ángel Brindisi de Marco (born 8 October 1950) is an Argentine

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coach and former player. An

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, he played for the Argentina national team at the

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Playing career

Born in the Almagro neighborhood of

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, Brindisi played most of his career in two spells at

Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera Divi ...

, but he also had spells with Spanish side

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, Uruguayan side

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and Argentine teams

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and with Racing Club during their spell in the Second Division. Whilst at Las Palmas he helped them to the 1978 Copa del Rey Final where his goal was unable to prevent them losing 3–1 to

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. Brindisi was part of two Argentine championship winning sides, his first title was the

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Metropolitano with Club Atlético Huracán. Managed by César Menotti, that squad is widely regarded as one of the best Argentine teams ever, with Brindisi being a key player along with René Houseman, Carlos Babington and Omar Larrosa. After some seasons playing abroad Argentina, Brindisi was traded to Boca Juniors, where he won his second title, the 1981 Metropolitano. Coached by

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, Brindisi made a memorable duo with

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, also scoring many goals for the team. Brindisi was also the Argentine Primera's top scorer in the Metropolitano championship of 1972 with 21 goals. Brindisi played for the Argentina national team making 46 appearances and scoring 17 goals.

Managerial career

Brindisi made his debut as a head coach with Club Alumni de Villa María in 1986 his next club was

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of Guatemala, which he led to the

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title in 1987 and 1988. The next club team Brindisi took charge of was

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in Ecuador where he lad the team to the national championship in 1989 and 1991 and to the Libertadores Cup finals in 1990. He then had spells in charge of

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and

in Spain. After managing in Guatemala several years he went on to become coach of the Guatemala national team, of which he was in charge during the 1994 World Cup qualification process and on a second tenure in 1997. Brindisi took over at

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in the Primera division, he helped the club to win three titles; Clausura 1994, Supercopa Sudamericana 1994 and

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1995. Brindisi then had a spell in charge of his former club and Independiente's fiercest rivals; Racing Club, and a period in charge of Huracán. Brindisi took over at

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in 2003, then became manager of Boca Juniors in July 2004, but resigned after only 22 games following a defeat to River Plate. He then became manager of

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in 2005. Brindisi was the head coach of

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of Mexico and was fired on 5 May 2009. He was appointed as the manager for

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in September 2009 and was resigned due to serious danger of relegation on the 2010/11 seasons. In November 2014, it was reported that he is one of the coaches who applied for vacant

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job.

Honours

Player

Huracán * Primera División: 1973 Metropolitano Las Palmas *

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runner-up: 1977–78 Boca Juniors * Primera División: 1981 Metropolitano Nacional * Primera División:

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Individual *

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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 *

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runner-up:

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Independiente * Primera División: 1994 Clausura * Supercopa Sudamericana:

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

References

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