Roberto Fleitas
Uruguayan football player and head coach
About Roberto Fleitas
Lived 1932 – 2024 (aged 91). Roberto Fleitas was an Uruguayan association football player, association football coach and athlete.
Roberto Fleitas (25 May 1932 – 3 March 2024) was a 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.
Career Born on 25 May 1932, Fleitas played as a centre-back for Montevideo-based club Liverpool.
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 and the 1988 Intercontinental Cup as Nacional's head coach. He won the South American Coach of the Year award in 1988.
Death Fleitas died on 3 March 2024, at the age of 91.
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Who was Roberto Fleitas?
Uruguayan football player and head coach (1932–2024)
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Roberto Fleitas was born on 25 August 1932 in Montevideo.
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Roberto Fleitas died on 3 March 2024 in Montevideo.
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Roberto Fleitas was an association football player, association football coach and athlete.
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Roberto Fleitas was Uruguayan.
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