- Manuel Fleitas Solich
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Manuel Fleitas Solich Personal information Date of birth 30 December 1900 Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay Date of death 24 March 1984 (aged 83) Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† – Club Nacional – Boca Juniors National team – Paraguay Teams managed 1922–1929 Paraguay 1945–1946 Paraguay 1947–1951 Paraguay 1953–1957 Flamengo 1958–1959 Flamengo 1959–1960 Real Madrid 1960–1962 Flamengo 1962–1965 Paraguay 1967–1968 Clube Atlético Mineiro 1971 Flamengo * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Manuel Fleitas Solich (30 December 1900 – 24 March 1984) is a former Paraguayan football player and coach. He was known as "El Brujo" (the Wizard).
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Career as a player
Fleitas Solich played for Club Nacional of Paraguay where he won two Paraguayan League titles, in 1924 and 1926. He also played for Boca Juniors where as the captain of the team he led them to the 1930 Argentine title. During his time at Boca he played 99 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 15 goals. He suffered an injury in 1930 and never recovered to his full ability.
While playing for the Paraguay national football team, Solich had 32 caps and 6 goals.
Career as a coach
Solich's career as a coach proved to be impressive as he led the Paraguayan national team to a final in the 1947 Copa América and won the 1953 tournament (which was the first Copa América ever won by Paraguay). He also coached the Paraguayan national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. At the club level coached several Brazilian clubs such as Palmeiras, Corinthians, Atlético,[1] Fluminense and Flamengo, being this last club where he won several titles. In Europe, Solich coached Real Madrid for the 1959-1960 season, where he led the Spanish team to 21 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.[2] He also coached the Peru national football team, Newell's Old Boys, Quilmes, Club Libertad and his beloved Club Nacional.
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Paraguay squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup FW E. Avalos • FW M. Avalos • MF Baez • FW Berni • DF Cabrera • FW Calonga • FW Cañete • MF Cantero • MF Centurión • DF Céspedes • DF Gavilán • DF Alberto González • MF Armando González • MF Leguizamón • FW A. López • FW C. López • FW Osorio • GK Paredes • FW Saguier • FW Sosa • FW Unzaim • GK Vargas • Coach: Fleitas Solich
Flamengo – managers Ground Committee (1912–1920) · Platero (1921) · Telefone (1921–1922) · Ground Committe (1923) · J. Guimarães (1924) · J. Seabra (1924–1925) · J. C. Bertoni (1925) · J. Guimarães & J. C. Bertoni (1926–1928) · J. Guimarães & R. Candiota (1929) · Williams (1930–1931) · J. Guimarães (1931–1932) · M. Caldas (1932) · A. Gonçalves (1933) · Baldassini & Matarazzo (1933) · L. Gama & M. Caldas (1933–1934) · Flávio Costa (1934–1937) · Dori Kürschner (1937–1938) · H. Santos (1938) · Flávio Costa (1938–1945) · J. de Almeida (a.i.) (1946) · Flávio Costa (1946) · E. Santos (1947) · J. de Almeida (1947) · Juca da Praia (1948) · Kanela (1948–1949) · G. Cardoso (1949–1950) · J. de Almeida (1950) · C. de Oliveira (1950) · J. de Almeida (1950–1951) · Flávio Costa (1951–1952) · J. de Almeida (1953) · Fleitas (1953–1957) · J. de Almeida (1958) · Fleitas (1958–1959) · J. de Almeida (1959) · Bria (1959–1960) · Fleitas (1960–1962) · Flávio Costa (1962–1965) · Canegal (a.i.) (1965) · Renganeschi (1965–1967) · Bria (1967) · Aymoré (1967–1968) · W. Miraglia (1968) · Tim (1969) · Joubert (1969) · Yustrich (1970–1971) · Bria & Canegal (a.i.) (1971) · Fleitas (1971) · Zagallo (1972) · Joubert (1972) · Zagallo (1972–1973) · Joubert (1973) · Zagallo (1973) · Joubert (1974–1975) · Froner (1975–1976) · Coutinho (1976–1977) · J. Valente (1977–1978) · Joubert (1978) · Coutinho (1978–1980) · Bria (1981) · Dino Sani (1981) · Carpegiani (1981–1983) · Carlinhos (1983) · Torres (1983) · Francalacci (a.i.) (1983) · C. Garcia (1983–1984) · Zagallo (1984–1985) · Lazaroni (a.i.) (1985) · Joubert (1985) · Lazaroni (1985–1987) · Carlinhos (1987) · A. Lopes (1987) · Carlinhos (1987–1988) · Candinho (1988) · J. C. Costa (a.i.) (1988) · Telê (1988–1989) · J. C. Costa (a.i.) (1989) · Espinosa (1989–1990) · J. Pereira (1990) · Luxemburgo (1991) · Carlinhos (1991–1993) · J. Pereira (1993) · Evaristo (1993) · Júnior (1993–1994) · Carlinhos (1994) · Edinho (1994) · Luxemburgo (1995) · Edinho (1995) · W. Rodrigues (1995) · J. Santana (1996) · Júnior (1997) · S. Rocha (1997) · Autuori (1997–1998) · J. Santana (1998) · T. Barroso (a.i.) (1998) · Evaristo (1998–1999) · Carlinhos (1999) · Carpegiani (2000) · C. César (a.i.) (2000) · Carlinhos (2000) · Zagallo (2000–2001) · Torres (2001–2002) · J. C. Costa (2002) · C. César (a.i.) (2002) · Lula (2002) · Evaristo (2002–2003) · Nelsinho (2003) · O. de Oliveira (2003) · W. Lemos (2003) · A. Braga (2004) · Andrade (a.i.) (2004) · P. C. Gusmão (2004) · Andrade (a.i.) (2004) · R. Gomes (2004) · Andrade (a.i.) (2004) · J. C. Leal (2005) · Cuca (2005) · C. Roth (2005) · Andrade (a.i.) (2005) · J. Santana (2005) · Espinosa (2006) · W. Lemos (2006) · N. Franco (2006–2007) · J. Santana (2007–2008) · Caio Júnior (2008) · Cuca (2009) · Andrade (2009–2010) · R. Lourenço (2010) · T. Barroso (a.i.) (2010) · Silas (2010) · Luxemburgo (2010–) ·
Real Madrid C.F. – managers Johnson (1910–20) · de Cárcer (1920–26) · Llorente (1926–27) · Bernabéu (1926–27) · Berraondo (1927–29) · Quirante (1929–30) · Hertzka (1930–32) · Firth (1932–1934) · Bru (1934–41) · Armet (1941–43) · Encinas (1943–45) · Quincoces (1945–46) · Albéniz (1946–47) · Quincoces (1947–48) · Keeping (1948–50) · Albéniz (1950–51) · Scarone (1951–52) · Ipiña (1952–53) · Fernández (1953–54) · Villalonga (1954–57) · Carniglia (1957–59) · Muñoz (1959) · Carniglia (1959) · Fleitas (1959–60) · Muñoz (1960–74) · Molowny (1974) · Miljanić (1974–77) · Molowny (1977–79) · Boškov (1979–82) · Molowny (1982) · Di Stéfano (1982–84) · Amancio (1984–85) · Molowny (1985–86) · Beenhakker (1986–89) · Toshack (1989–90) · Di Stéfano (1990–91) · Antić (1991–92) · Beenhakker (1992) · Floro (1992–94) · del Bosque (1994) · Valdano (1994–96) · Iglesias (1996) · del Bosque (1996) · Capello (1996–97) · Heynckes (1997–98) · Hiddink (1998–99) · Toshack (1999) · del Bosque (1999–2003) · Queiroz (2003–04) · Camacho (2004) · García Remón (2004) · Luxemburgo (2004–05) · López Caro (2005–06) · Capello (2006–07) · Schuster (2007–08) · Ramos (2008–09) · Pellegrini (2009–10) · Mourinho (2010–)
Paraguay national football team – managers Laguna (1921–22) · Solich (1922–29) · Laguna (1929–45) · Solich (1945–46) · González (1946–47) · Solich (1947–51) · Ramírez (1951–55) · González (1955–59) · Laterza (1959–62) · Solich (1962–65) · González (1965–74) · Benítez (1974–76) · Rodríguez (1976–80) · Monin (1980–83) · Miranda (1983–85) · Ré (1986–88) · Manera (1988–89) · Valdez (1990) · Kiese (1991–92) · Markarián (1992–93) · Solalinde (1993–94) · Kubala (1995) · Carpegiani (1996–98) · Almeida (1998–99) · Markarián (1999–2001) · Maldini (2001–02) · Ruiz (2002–06) · Amarilla (2006–07) · Martino (2007–11) · Arce (2011–)
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