| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Eduardo Monterroso Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | September 1, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Playing position | midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1970–1979 | Municipal | ||
| 1980–1981 | Juventud Retalteca | ||
| 1982–1986 | Cobán Imperial | ||
| 1987 | Comunicaciones | ||
| National team | |||
| 1971–1986 | Guatemala | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Municipal | ||
| 2003 | Universidad | ||
| 2004–2005 | Jalapa | ||
| 2005 | Suchitepéquez | ||
| 1998–1999 | Guatemala | ||
| 2008–2010 | Guatemala | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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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 the manager and was a former player of the Guatemala national team.[2]
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Monterroso played for Municipal from 1970 to 1979, being part of the squad that won the IV CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1974. He also played in the only Copa Interamericana final played by a Guatemalan team. After a 1–1 aggregate against Argentina's Independiente, Monterroso missed during the penalty shootout. Aside from the CONCACAF honors, Municipal won three league championships with Mincho, in 1973, 1974, and 1976. Monterroso scored 21 goals in all competitions for Municipal,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] In 1976 and 1977, he played in eleven matches during the 1978 World Cup qualification process, scoring one goal against El Salvador.[4]
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.[6] In October 2008 he was named successor to Ramón Maradiaga as coach of Guatemala men's team.[7]
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.[8]
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