Roberto Fleitas

Roberto Fleitas (25 May 1932 – 3 March 2024) was an Uruguayan football head coach and player who managed the Uruguay national team and several top level Uruguayan clubs. He is one of the four managers, and the first, to have won both Copa América and Copa Libertadores, along with Francisco Maturana, Óscar Tabárez and Tite.^[1][2]

Roberto Fleitas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-05-25)25 May 1932
Place of birth	Uruguay
Date of death	3 March 2024(2024-03-03) (aged 91)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Liverpool
International career
	Uruguay
Managerial career
1979	Progreso
1983	Central Español
1985	Progreso
1987–1988	Uruguay
1988	Nacional
1989–1990	Peñarol
1990–1992	Nacional
1997	Nacional
2000	Liverpool
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Uruguay (as manager) Copa América Winner 1987
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born on 25 May 1932,^[3] Fleitas played as a centre-back for Montevideo-based club Liverpool.^[4]

After retiring from playing, Fleitas started a career as a head coach. He won the 1987 Copa América as Uruguay national team coach, and won the 1992 Uruguayan Primera División, the 1988 Copa Libertadores^[5] and the 1988 Intercontinental Cup as Nacional's head coach.^[6] He won the South American Coach of the Year award in 1988.^[7]

Death

Fleitas died on 3 March 2024, at the age of 91.^[8][9]

References

1. "The Copa América Archive - Trivia". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
2. "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
3. "Qué es de la vida de..." (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
4. Rubén Olivera (21 May 2007). "La copa de las sorpresas" (in Spanish). La República. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
5. Frank Ballesteros (6 August 2001). "South American Country and Club Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
6. "Roberto Fleitas: "Vivimos un hecho historico"" (in Spanish). La República. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
7. José Luis Pierrend (16 June 2009). "South American Coach and Player of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 January 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
8. "Announcement of death". Club Nacional de Football on Facebook. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
9. "Falleció Roberto Fleitas, campeón de América con Uruguay y de la Libertadores e Intercontinental con Nacional". El Pais. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.