Miguel Ángel Santoro (born 27 February 1942) is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. He played most of his career for

Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera Divi ...

and represented the

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ( ...

at the

1974 World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

Playing career

Santoro was born in Sarandí, Argentina. He made 343 appearances for Independiente between 1962 and 1974, making him the goalkeeper with the highest number of appearances for the club. During his time with Independiente he won 10 titles, 4 league, 4

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

, the Copa Intercontinental and the

Copa Interamericana The Copa Interamericana () was an international association football, football competition endorsed by CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACAF ...

. After representing Argentina at the 1974 World Cup Santoro was sold to Spanish side Hércules where he played until his retirement in 1977.

Managerial career

Santoro has had three short spells as manager of Independiente, his record as manager of the first team is Played 36, Won 12, Drawn 14, Lost 10. He joined Independiente on 5 October 2008 and stepped down as manager of Independiente on 22 March 2009.

Honours

Independiente * Primera División Argentina: 1963, Nacional 1967, Metropolitano 1970, Metropolitano 1971 *

: 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973 * Intercontinental Cup:

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: 1973

External links

player profile on the Independiente website
1942 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Avellaneda Men's association football goalkeepers Argentina men's international footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players 1974 FIFA World Cup players La Liga players Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Independiente footballers Hércules CF players Argentine football managers Club Atlético Independiente managers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{Argentina-footy-goalkeeper-stub