Miguel Ángel Russo

What strikes me about Miguel Angel Russo is the rare loyalty of his playing days: an entire career as a defensive midfielder at Estudiantes de La Plata, never chasing a bigger badge. That same constancy carried into management, where he logged over a thousand matches across more than thirty years. I tend to admire coaches who stay in the trenches that long rather than burning bright and fading. An Argentine football lifer from Lanus, he passed in October 2025, and the sheer length of his bench career tells me he was the kind of figure clubs trusted to steady a dressing room when things got rocky.

Miguel Ángel Russo (9 April 1956 – 8 October 2025) was an Argentine professional football player and manager who played as a defensive midfielder. As a player, Russo spent his entire career in Estudiantes de La Plata. As a manager, he coached for over 1,000 matches within more than 30 years of career.

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Name (English)

Miguel Ángel Russo

Name (Japanese)

ミゲル・アンヘル・ルッソ

Reading

みげる・あんへる・るっそ

Born

April 9, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Blood type

Private

Height

175 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%BD

Tags

• Buenos Aires Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.