Ondino Viera

{{Short description|Uruguayan football manager (1901–1997)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ondino Viera

| image = Ondino Viera, Estadio, 1950-05-13 (365).jpg

| caption = Viera in 1950

| fullname = Ondino Leonel Viera Palasérez

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|9|10}}

| birth_place = Cerro Largo, Uruguay

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|6|27|1901|9|10}}

| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height =

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| manageryears1 = 1928 | managerclubs1 = Cerro Largo Selection

| manageryears2 = 1930–1933 | managerclubs2 = Nacional

| manageryears3 = 1936–1937 | managerclubs3 = River Plate

| manageryears4 = 1938–1941 | managerclubs4 = Fluminense

| manageryears5 = 1942–1946 | managerclubs5 = Vasco da Gama

| manageryears6 = 1947 | managerclubs6 = Botafogo

| manageryears7 = 1948–1949 | managerclubs7 = Fluminense

| manageryears8 = 1950–1953 | managerclubs8 = Bangu

| manageryears9 = 1953 | managerclubs9 = Palmeiras

| manageryears10 = 1954–1955 | managerclubs10 = Atlético Mineiro

| manageryears11 = 1955–1960 | managerclubs11 = Nacional

| manageryears12 = 1962 | managerclubs12 = Centro Iqueño

| manageryears13 = 1963 | managerclubs13 = Paraguay

| manageryears14 = 1963–1964 | managerclubs14 = Guaraní

| manageryears15 = 1965 | managerclubs15 = Cerro

| manageryears16 = 1967 | managerclubs16 = New York Skyliners

| manageryears17 = 1965–1967 | managerclubs17 = Uruguay

| manageryears18 = 1967 | managerclubs18 = Bangu

| manageryears19 = 1969 | managerclubs19 = Colón

| manageryears20 = 1971 | managerclubs20 = Liverpool de Montevideo

| manageryears21 = 1972 | managerclubs21 = Peñarol

| manageryears22 = 1972 | managerclubs22 = LDU Quito

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Ondino Leonel Viera Palasérez (10 September 1901 – 27 June 1997), in Brazil also known as Ondino Vieira, was a Uruguayan football manager. He was the first coach to use a 4-2-4 in Brazil. In his long-lasting career he won between the 1930s and 1960s important titles with clubs in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. With the national team of Paraguay he reached second spot at the Copa América of 1963 and at the World Cup of 1966 in England he led Uruguay into the quarterfinals.

He was the manager of the Uruguay national team during the 1966 FIFA World Cup. His son, Milton, was also in the World Cup squad.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=404|title = The website for the English football association, the Emirates FA Cup and the England football team}}

In 1967 the United Soccer Association imported entire squads from Europe and South America to play in North America. With Viera as manager, Cerro played as the New York Skyliners.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Skyliners_Rosters.htm|title = USA New York Skyliners Rosters}}

He also coached Nacional,Martín Tabeira: [https://www.rsssf.org/players/uru-winning-coaches.html Uruguay – Winning Coaches Professional Era], Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2016-06-23 Fluminense, where he achieved great success and coached the second-most games in club's history,{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/ondino-viera-o-uruguaio-que-mudou-o-flu-e-que-abel-tenta-superar.ghtml|title = Ondino Viera: O uruguaio que mudou o Flu e que Abel tenta superar}} Vasco da Gama and Peñarol.{{Cite web|url=http://girasolweb.tripod.com/tecnicos.htm|title = Tecnicos}}

He was famously quoted as saying "Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football".{{citation needed|date=June 2010}}