Benjamín Monterroso

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Benjamín Monterroso
Personal information
Full name Benjamín Eduardo Monterroso Díaz
Date of birth January 1, 1952 (1952-01-01) (age 56)
Place of birth    Guatemala City?, Guatemala
Playing position midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970-1979
1980-1981
1982-1986
1987		 Municipal
Juventud Retalteca
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones		    
National team
1971-1986 Guatemala
Teams managed
Club
1997-1998
2003
2004-2005
2005

International
1998-1999
Municipal
Universidad
Jalapa
Suchitepéquez

Guatemala

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Benjamín Eduardo ("Mincho") Monterroso Díaz (born January 1, 1952[1]) is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career at the local club CSD Municipal, and was a member of the Guatemala national team both as a player and as a coach.

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[edit] Playing career

Monterroso played for Municipal from 1970 to 1979, being part of the squad that won the IV CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1974. During his time at Municipal the club also won three league championships, in 1973, 1974, and 1976. Monterroso scored 21 goals in all competitions for Municipal,[2] and after a decade at the club, he played for the clubs Juventud Retalteca (1980 to 1981), Cobán Imperial (1982 to 1986) and Comunicaciones (1987).

He was a playing member of the Guatemala national team from 1971 to 1986, participating in three World Cup qualification processes, one Olympic tournament, and one edition of the Pan American Games. During the 1974 World Cup qualification, Mincho played four matches, scoring one goal against Haiti.[3] He then was part of the squad that qualified to the 1976 Olympic tournament, playing in all three of Guatemala's matches at the Olympic Games in Montreal.[4] In 1976 and 1977, he played in eleven matches during the 1978 World Cup qualification process, scoring one goal against El Salvador.[3]

[edit] Coaching career

Monterroso coached the Guatemala national team from December 1998 to December 1999, during which time the team finished runner-up if the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup. He coached the Olympic squad during part of the qualification campaign for the 2000 Olympic Games. He was briefly named national team coach from December 2003 to 2004, but did not coach any official matches. Among the clubs Monterroso coached are Municipal (1997 to 1998, promoting eventual international forward Carlos Ruiz), Universidad de San Carlos (2003 Clausura), Deportivo Jalapa (2004 to 2005), and Suchitepéquez (2005).

In January 2007, he was appointed head coach of the Guatemala women's national football team.[5]

[edit] Trivia

Monterroso was one of the 140 football coaches from around the world who voted Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo as the 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year.[6]

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Source: http://www.legendsofsoccer.net/mincho_monterroso
  2. ^ Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms/rojosoasis/page5.html
  3. ^ a b Figures on World Cup qualification matches played and goals scored are taken from http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1972nca.html and subsequent yearly pages.
  4. ^ Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1976f-det.html
  5. ^ (Spanish) Mincho Monterroso ha sido designado nuevo técnico de la Selección Femenina. GuateFutbol.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
  6. ^ (French) FIFA Magazine, February 2000.