Roberto Fleitas

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Uruguay

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|3|3|1932|5|25|df=yes}}

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| position = Centre-back

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| clubs1 = Liverpool

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| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

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| manageryears1 = 1979

| managerclubs1 = Progreso

| manageryears2 = 1983

| managerclubs2 = Central Español

| manageryears3 = 1985

| managerclubs3 = Progreso

| manageryears4 = 1987–1988

| managerclubs4 = Uruguay

| manageryears5 = 1988

| managerclubs5 = Nacional

| manageryears6 = 1989–1990

| managerclubs6 = Peñarol

| manageryears7 = 1990–1992

| managerclubs7 = Nacional

| manageryears8 = 1997

| managerclubs8 = Nacional

| manageryears9 = 2000

| managerclubs9 = Liverpool

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Roberto Fleitas (25 May 1932 – 3 March 2024) was a Uruguayan football head coach and player who managed the Uruguay national team and several top level Uruguayan clubs. He is one of the four managers, and the first, to have won both Copa América and Copa Libertadores, along with Francisco Maturana, Óscar Tabárez and Tite.{{cite web |title=The Copa América Archive - Trivia |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachampfulltrivia.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=3 March 2024}}{{cite web |title=Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalibcoach.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=3 March 2024}}

Career

Born on 25 May 1932,{{Cite news|url=http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110123/futnac-542588/futbolnacional/que-es-de-la-vida-de-/|title=Qué es de la vida de...|publisher=Ovación Digital|access-date=25 October 2011|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901122402/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110123/futnac-542588/futbolnacional/que-es-de-la-vida-de-/|archive-date=1 September 2011}} Fleitas played as a centre-back for Montevideo-based club Liverpool.{{Cite news|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/deportes/258953-la-copa-de-las-sorpresas|title=La copa de las sorpresas|publisher=La República|author=Rubén Olivera|date=21 May 2007|access-date=25 October 2011|language=es}}

After retiring from playing, Fleitas started a career as a head coach. He won the 1987 Copa América as Uruguay national team coach, and won the 1992 Uruguayan Primera División, the 1988 Copa Libertadores{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/double-sam.html|author=Frank Ballesteros|title=South American Country and Club Champions|date=6 August 2001|website=RSSSF|access-date=5 January 2011}} and the 1988 Intercontinental Cup as Nacional's head coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/deportes/100676-roberto-fleitas-vivimos-un-hecho-historico|title=Roberto Fleitas: "Vivimos un hecho historico"|publisher=La República|date=11 December 2002|access-date=6 January 2011|language=es}} He won the South American Coach of the Year award in 1988.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/players/sam-poy.html|author=José Luis Pierrend|title=South American Coach and Player of the Year|publisher=RSSSF|date=16 June 2009|access-date=5 January 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Death

Fleitas died on 3 March 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Announcement of death |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100063639553447&story_fbid=882342243897086 |website=Club Nacional de Football on Facebook |access-date=3 March 2024}}{{cite news |title=Falleció Roberto Fleitas, campeón de América con Uruguay y de la Libertadores e Intercontinental con Nacional |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/ovacion/futbol/fallecio-roberto-fleitas-campeon-de-america-con-uruguay-y-de-la-libertadores-e-intercontinental-con-nacional |access-date=3 March 2024 |publisher=El Pais |date=3 March 2024}}