Víctor Púa

Víctor Haroldo Púa Sosa (born 31 May 1956 in Paso de los Toros) is a retired Uruguayan football player and currently a football manager.

He coached the Uruguay U-20 national team, finishing runner-up in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1]

He was appointed to coach the Uruguay national team in the 1999 Copa América, earning second place honors. In 2001 he was chosen to replace Daniel Passarella, qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup after finishing 5th in the South American zone and winning a playoff against Australia. Uruguay was drawn into group A alongside world champions France, Denmark and eventual tournament revelation Senegal. After a defeat to Denmark and a 0-0 draw with France, Uruguay had to beat Senegal to make it to the next round. Despite coming back from a 0-3 at half time, Richard Morales narrowly missed a fourth goal with the goalkeeper down, which left Uruguay in 3rd place and out of the next round.

In 2004 he coached Argentine side Rosario Central^[2] but resigned after only 2 matches, because of differences with the board and a defeat to Newell's Old Boys in the local derby.

Clubs as player

• Liverpool Montevideo
• River Plate Montevideo
• Defensor Sporting Club
• Olimpia Asunción
• Deportivo Mandiyú
• Rampla Juniors
• Cerrito^[3]

Teams as coach

• River Plate Montevideo
• Uruguay
• Rosario Central
• Peñarol youths general manager 2007-2009, manager 2009^[4][5]

References

Víctor Púa international tournaments Uruguay squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 Nicola 2 López 3 Montero (c) 4 Méndez 5 de los Santos 6 Adinolfi 7 García 8 Vespa 9 Zalayeta 10 Olivera 11 Silva 12 Flores 13 Hernández 14 Callejas 15 Díaz 16 Pellegrín 17 Coelho 18 Rivas 19 Pacheco 20 Recoba Coach: Púa Uruguay squad – 1999 Copa América Runners-up 1 Carini 2 López 3 Picun 4 Pilipauskas 5 Fleurquin 6 Guigou 7 Coelho 8 Vespa 9 Zalayeta 10 Magallanes 11 Alvez 12 Núñez 13 Podestá 14 Lembo 15 Pumar 16 Romero 17 Del Campo 18 García 19 Alonso 20 Callejas 21 Pacheco 22 Bergara Coach: Púa Uruguay squad – 2001 Copa América Fourth Place 1 Munúa 2 Bizera 3 Sorondo 4 Díaz 5 Pérez 6 Lima 7 Callejas 8 Martínez 9 Lemos 10 Olivera 11 Guglielmone 12 Berbia 13 Gutiérrez 14 Curbelo 15 C. Morales 16 Anchén 17 Rodríguez 18 Estoyanoff 19 Chevantón 20 R. Morales 21 Eguren 22 Dadómo Coach: Púa Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Carini 2 Méndez 3 Lembo 4 Montero (c) 5 García 6 Rodríguez 7 Guigou 8 Varela 9 Silva 10 O'Neill 11 Magallanes 12 Munúa 13 Abreu 14 Sorondo 15 Olivera 16 Romero 17 Regueiro 18 Morales 19 Bizera 20 Recoba 21 Forlán 22 De los Santos 23 Elduayen Coach: Púa