US EditionBoca Juniors Coach Miguel Ángel Russo Dies at Age 69
Miguel Ángel Russo led Boca Juniors to multiple titles, including the 2007 Copa Libertadores, before dying at 69 after battling cancer since 2017, club confirmed.
- Boca Juniors announced the death of Miguel Ángel Russo on Wednesday at the age of 69.
- Diagnosed in 2017 with prostate cancer, Miguel Ángel Russo underwent several hospital stays and was cared for at home before stepping down from daily duties in recent months.
- A veteran coach, Russo led Boca Juniors to the Copa Libertadores trophy and Argentine title in 2020, and as a player made more than 400 appearances for Estudiantes winning two national titles.
- The football community has paid tribute to Miguel Ángel Russo, with football colleagues and Boca Juniors supporters mourning his passing and saying he will be remembered forever.
- Last month, Russo attended Boca Juniors' 2-2 draw at La Bombonera, and despite illness he missed the 5-0 win over Newell's but stayed in contact with coaching staff.
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Just as he was a footballer of the old lineup, of those who throughout his career wore the colors of a single shirt, as a coach he managed more than a thousand games in 16 clubs, until he became one of those few names that exceeded the tribunes of one or two stadiums and seem to summarize or symbolize the totality of an era of sport. Perhaps for that reason the death at the age of 69 of Miguel Ángel Russo, while working as a technician of Boca J…
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Independent EspañolBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Miguel Ángel Russo, technical director of Boca Juniors and whose vast career included more than a dozen clubs from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain and Colombia died on Wednesday, his team confirmed.
Boca Juniors is in mourning. The Argentine team's coach Miguel Angel Russo has died after a short illness. He was 69 years old.
Miguel Ángel Russo, current technical director of Boca Juniors, died Wednesday at age 69 in his home, surrounded by his family, because of a cardiac arrest, confirmed the club xeneize to CNN.
By Federico Leiva and Hugo Manu Correa, CNN en Español Miguel Ángel Russo, current technical director of Boca Juniors, died this Wednesday at age 69 in his home, surrounded by his family, because of a cardiac arrest, confirmed the xeneize club to CNN. “The Argentine Football Association, through its President Claudio Tapia, deeply regrets the death of Miguel Ángel Russo and sends its warmest embrace to relatives and loved ones,” published the Ar…
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