Miguel Ángel Russo

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Miguel Ángel Russo (born 9 April 1956) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Boca Juniors.

Playing career

Club career

Russo was a one club man; he played his entire career for Estudiantes de La Plata, from 1975 to his retirement in 1988. A defensive midfielder, Russo was a staple of the team that won two back-to-back championships in the 1982 Metropolitano and 1983 Nacional.

International career

Although Russo was called on by national team coach Carlos Bilardo to play in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, a string of minor injuries prevented him from traveling to the main event in Mexico, which Argentina ultimately won.

Coaching career

His career as a coach included stints at Estudiantes de La Plata and Lanús (both of whom he helped promote), and other sides in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Spain.

In June 2005, he won the 2005 Clausura tournament with Vélez Sarsfield, his first title as a coach in the Argentine top division. On 15 December 2006, he was signed by Boca Juniors to replace Ricardo La Volpe.

With Russo at the helm, Boca Juniors took second place in the 2007 Clausura tournament and won the 2007 Copa Libertadores. After Boca, Russo managed San Lorenzo de Almagro between 2008 and 2009. After losing to San Luis and being eliminated from the Copa Libertadores, the coach has announced his decision to resign on 9 April 2009.[1]

On 15 April 2009, Russo joined Rosario Central, replacing Reinaldo Merlo[2] and just two months later on 14 July 2009 the coach quit the team.[3]

The former midfielder then managed Racing Club between 2010 and 2011. On 21 June 2011, less than a week after resigning as coach of Racing Club, Russo signed a contract to again coach his former club, Estudiantes de La Plata, being his second stint as an Estudiantes coach, having done so in 1994.[4]

On 6 November 2011, after Estudiantes was defeated 1–3 by Godoy Cruz and in turn falling to last place with only 10 points in 14 games, Russo resigned as manager, less than 5 months after having assumed charge.[5] He then had a successful stint at Rosario Central, winning the 2012–13 Primera B Nacional and reaching the final of the 2013–14 Copa Argentina.

In 2015, Russo agreed to become manager of Vélez Sarsfield, his second spell at the club.

On 23 December 2016, he was chosen to train Millonarios F.C. from Bogotá, Colombia after the untimely departure of Diego Cocca. On 17 December 2017, he was crowned Champion of the second half of 2017 with Millonarios F.C. (Torneo Clausura), to which he gave them the title number 15 after winning the first leg 1–0, and then drawing 2–2 against Independiente Santa Fe. With this victory, Millonarios F.C. will go directly to the group stage of the Copa Libertadores played among the best club teams in South America.

On January 4, 2019, he is officially appointed as the new Alianza Lima coach. However, he decides to terminate his contract for personal reasons and poor results.

On June 7, 2019, his transfer to Cerro Porteño was made official. On October 6, 2019, after losing to Deportivo Capiatá, the club decides to do without its services.

In January 2020, he started his second cycle with Boca Juniors.[6] two months later he obtained a new title winning the 2019-20 Superliga beating River Plate led by Marcelo Gallardo in the final stretch.[7] After being eliminated by Santos (BRA) from the Conmebol Libertadores, Boca Juniors played Copa Diego Maradona final against Banfield. This match ended in a tie in one, and finally, Boca Juniors became champions by winning the penalties.[8] On 17 August 2021 he was sacked by the club.[9]

Russo spent most of the 2021–22 season in charge of Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, before returning to Rosario Central on 18 December 2022.[10] He later returned to San Lorenzo before being appointed for a third stint at Boca Juniors ahead of their participation in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.[11]

Personal life

Russo's son, Ignacio, is a professional footballer.[12]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
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Lanús Template:Flagicon 1 July 1989 30 June 1994

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Estudiantes LP 1 July 1994 30 September 1995

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Universidad de Chile Template:Flagicon 1 January 1996 31 December 1996

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Rosario Central Template:Flagicon 1 July 1997 30 June 1998

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Salamanca Template:Flagicon 1 August 1998 30 January 1999

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Colón Template:Flagicon 1 July 1999 31 October 1999

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Lanús 30 November 1999 30 June 2000

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Los Andes 1 December 2000 30 June 2001

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Morelia Template:Flagicon 27 October 2001 16 February 2002

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Rosario Central Template:Flagicon 1 July 2002 31 December 2004

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Vélez Sarsfield 1 January 2005 15 December 2006

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Boca Juniors 15 December 2006 31 December 2007

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San Lorenzo 1 July 2008 8 April 2009

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Rosario Central 16 April 2009 14 July 2009

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Racing Club 17 February 2010 30 June 2011

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Estudiantes LP 1 July 2011 6 November 2011

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Rosario Central 6 July 2012 29 November 2014

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Vélez Sarsfield 1 January 2015 31 December 2015

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Millonarios Template:Flagicon 1 January 2017 13 November 2018

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Alianza Lima Template:Flagicon 1 January 2019 26 April 2019

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Cerro Porteño Template:Flagicon 7 June 2019 8 October 2019

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Boca Juniors Template:Flagicon 1 January 2020 16 August 2021

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Al-Nassr Template:Flagicon 5 December 2021 28 June 2022

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Rosario Central Template:Flagicon 19 December 2022 2 August 2024

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San Lorenzo 17 October 2024 30 May 2025

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Boca Juniors 31 May 2025 present

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Total

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Honours

Player

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Russo with Estudiantes de La Plata in 1984
Estudiantes de La Plata

Manager

Lanús
Estudiantes
Vélez Sarsfield
Boca Juniors
Rosario Central
Millonarios
Individual

References

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  1. ↑ Libertadores: Russo renuncia al San Lorenzo
  2. ↑ Miguel Angel Russo llegó a Rosario Central y Diego Simeone lo reemplazará en San Lorenzo
  3. ↑ Russo quits Rosario
  4. ↑ Vuelvo a mi casa
  5. ↑ Y fue adiós
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