Boca Juniors supervisor Miguel Angel Russo handed away on the age of 69 on Wednesday, the membership introduced. The Argentinian coach, who received the 2007 version of the Copa Libertadores with Boca Juniors, was recognized with prostate most cancers again in 2017 however in June 2025 accepted his third stint with the group in his profession.
Through the years, he coached a number of golf equipment in and out of doors the nation, together with Al-Nassr from 2021 to 2022. After, days of residence remedies as his well being circumstances acquired worse, on Wednesday Boca Juniors introduced: “Miguel Angel Russo leaves way more at Boca than simply the nice reminiscences of his triumphs as head coach. What stays are his type and strategies—if one could use a rhetorical gadget he perfected throughout his third and briefest stint on the membership—for taking over challenges, pushing limits, and incomes respect from each allies and rivals. He was captivated with his work, a tenacious fighter in each state of affairs, and a reference level first as a participant and later as a coach.”
Quite a few golf equipment confirmed their assist after his passing, including Real Madrid.
Russo led Boca Juniors on the FIFA Membership World Cup earlier this summer time however determined to step again within the final weeks on account of his well being circumstances. His final official match was on Sept. 21 towards Central Cordoba on the Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires, and since then his assistants Claudio Ubeda and Juvenal Rodríguez took cost of the primary group. Russo is taken into account one of many largest figures of Argentinian soccer, as he additionally coached San Lorenzo, Racing Membership and was beforehand at Estudiantes, the place he performed his complete profession as a midfielder, profitable two league titles in 1982 and 1983.
