{"id":211310,"date":"2025-10-09T08:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211310\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:54:06","slug":"boca-juniors-coach-miguel-angel-russo-dies-at-age-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211310\/","title":{"rendered":"Boca Juniors coach Miguel \u00c1ngel Russo dies at age 69"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Boca Juniors<\/a> coach Miguel \u00c1ngel Russo, whose extensive career spanned more than a dozen clubs in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, and Colombia, has died after a long battle with cancer, his club said Wednesday. He was 69.<\/p>\n

“Club Atl\u00e9tico Boca Juniors announces the passing of Miguel \u00c1ngel Russo with profound sadness,” the club posted on social media. “Miguel leaves an indelible mark on our institution and will always be an example of joy, warmth, and dedication. We are with his family and loved ones in this time of grief. Farewell, dear Miguel!”<\/p>\n

Russo, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, accepted a contract to manage Boca Juniors for a third stint in June. He had previously coached the team in 2007 and from 2020 to 2021.<\/p>\n

Russo’s last major competition with Boca Juniors was at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup<\/a>. He coached the team in the local league but took a leave of absence at the end of last month when his health deteriorated.<\/p>\n

His last match at the helm of Boca Juniors was on Sept. 21 against Central C\u00f3rdoba<\/a> at La Bombonera Stadium. Since then, his assistants Claudio \u00dabeda and Juvenal Rodr\u00edguez have taken charge.<\/p>\n

In Argentina, Russo also coached nine other teams, with San Lorenzo<\/a> (2008-2009 and 2024-2025) and Racing Club<\/a> (2010) among them.<\/p>\n

Abroad, he coached Universidad de Chile<\/a>, Salamanca<\/a> of Spain, Morelia<\/a> of Mexico, Millonarios<\/a> of Colombia, Alianza Lima<\/a> of Peru, Cerro Porte\u00f1o<\/a> of Paraguay, and Al Nassr<\/a> of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

As a player, Russo was a midfielder for Estudiantes de La Plata<\/a>, where he made his professional debut in 1975 and spent his whole career. He won league titles in 1982 and 1983 before retiring in 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Boca Juniors coach Miguel \u00c1ngel Russo, whose extensive career spanned more than a dozen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-211310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}