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Aníbal Ruiz Leites (30 December 1942 – 10 March 2017) was a Uruguayan association football coach.[1][2]

Death

On March 10, 2017, while serving as assistant manager to lead manager José Cardozo at Puebla, Ruiz collapsed on the pitch of the Luis "Pirata" Fuente Stadium in Veracruz while the team was warming up. Ruiz later died as a result of a heart attack on the way to a local hospital.[3]

References

  1. ^ "El Gráfico".
  2. ^ "falleció Aníbal Ruiz, extécnico de la Selecta". 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Muere Aníbal Ruíz por infarto en el 'Pirata' Fuente". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 11 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
Preceded by South American Coach of the Year
2005
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