Benjamín Monterroso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Eduardo Monterroso Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | September 1, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1979 | Municipal | ||
| 1980–1981 | Juventud Retalteca | ||
| 1982–1986 |
Cobán Imperial | ||
| 1987 |
Comunicaciones | ||
| International career | |||
| 1971–1986 | Guatemala | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Municipal | ||
| 2003 | Universidad | ||
| 2004–2005 | Jalapa | ||
| 2005 | Suchitepéquez | ||
| 1998–1999 | Guatemala | ||
| 2008–2009 | Guatemala | ||
| 2010–2014 | Unifut | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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 Municipal, and is also a former player and current manager of the Guatemalan women's national team.[2]
Playing career
Monterroso played for
He was a playing member of the Guatemala national team from 1971 to 1986, participating in two World Cup qualification processes, one Olympic tournament, and was a member of the Guatemalan team that won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.[4] During the 1974 World Cup qualification, Mincho played four matches, scoring one goal against Haiti.[5] 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.[6] In 1976 and 1977, he played in eleven matches during the 1978 World Cup qualification process, scoring one goal against El Salvador.[5]
Coaching career
Monterroso coached the Guatemala national team from December 1998 to December 1999, during which time the team finished runner-up at the
In January 2007, he was appointed head coach of the Guatemala women's national football team,[7] but in October 2008 he returned to coaching the men's national team, as the successor to Ramón Maradiaga.[8] remaining in charge until 2009.
Monterroso became the manager of club Unifut in the
He was appointed coach of the Guatemala women's U-20 team on 6 February 2012.[10]
References and notes
- ^ Source:Sports-reference.com Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Monterroso fue contratado Archived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Guatefutbol.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ms/rojosoasis/page5.html
- ^ "Panamerican Games 1983 - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ a b Figures on World Cup qualification matches played and goals scored are taken from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) and subsequent yearly pages. There is a discrepancy as to the information on matches played during the 1974 World Cup qualification tournament between those pages (4) and the FIFA Player Statistics page (2). - ^ XXI. Olympiad Montreal 1976 Football Tournament – RSSSF
- ^ "Mincho Monterroso ha sido designado nuevo técnico de la Selección Femenina" (in Spanish). GuateFutbol.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ El guatemalteco Benjamín Monterroso es el nuevo entrenador de su selección nacional de fútbol – Soitu (in Spanish)
- ^ http://www.cancha.com.gt/el-futbol-femenino-disputo-la-final-del-apertura-2011/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fedefut Guatemala - PROF. BENJAMIN MONTERROSO ASUME LA DIRECCION DE SELECCIÃ"N SUB 20 FEMENINA DE GUATEMALA".
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