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Born: 18 November 1958 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Nationality: Argentinian and Israeli
Clubs as a player: 1976-1978: Penarol (Uruguay) 1980: All Boys (Argentina). 1980-1982: Independiente (Argentina). 1982-1985: America (Mexico). 1986-1988: Maccabi Haifa (Israel).
Honours as a player: 1978: Uruguayan league championship winner. 1984 and 1985: Mexican league championship winner. Three appearances for Uruguay (one goal). Five appearances for Argentina (one goal). 18 appearances for Israel (three goals).
Career as a coach: 1996: Maccabi Kfar Kana (Israel). 1997: Maccabi Herzliya (Israel). 1998-1999: Maccabi Haifa (Israel). 2002: Veracruz (Mexico). Since 2007: America (Mexico). Honours as a coach: 1996: Israeli second division championship winner. 1998: Israeli cup winner. 2008: Mexican InterLiga winner.
Miscellaneous: Married with three children. He has also worked as a commentator for the television channel, ESPN.

Cesare Maldini coached his son Paolo for Italy at the 1998 FIFA World Cup™. The Italians were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Zlatko Kranjcar coached his son Niko Kranjcar for Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™. “During the World Cup, Niko is not my son,” Zlatko said. “The team needs Niko, his team¬mates have full confidence in him.”

Seventeen-year-old Filippo Mancini made his Inter Milan debut for his father, coach Roberto Mancini, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3-0 Italian Cup round-of-16 win over Reggina on 17 January 2008. But Filippo did not play against Juventus in the quarter-finals. “No, no. Absolutely not,” Mancini was quoted as saying by Reuters. “He played too little to say how he did,” Mancini added. “But it was important for him to make his debut like all the youngsters.”

Chalfont St Peter assistant manager Lawrence Richardson will coach an Anguilla side that includes his 18-year-old son James in their two-leg tie against El Salvador in the first CONCACAF qualifying round for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

When Michael joined the MetroStars (Bob was coach then) in 2004, it obviously raised more than one eyebrow, especially when fans claimed Michael played due to nepotism. Slowly but surely Michael improved. Perhaps the defining moment of the 2005 season occurred two weeks after Bob was fired as coach. In a must-win situation to guarantee a play-off berth, Michael marked his 30th appearance by scoring his first professional goal in the final game of the regular season, helping his team to a 2-0 victory over Chivas USA.
As an 18-year-old, Michael moved to Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie in January 2006, becoming the youngest ever MLS player to be transferred.
Michael has emerged as a key player for Heerenveen. As of 1 February 2008, he had scored 11 league goals and 15 overall for the club, both records for an American player performing in Europe.
Ihis is quite surprising since he forged his reputation as a defensive or holding midfielder, not as someone who regularly finds the net.
“It’s been nice because the movement of our team has been good,’ he says. “I’ve been able to see the right times to get forward, whether it’s been coming into the box a little bit late or running harder to get up as one of the first guys.”
There has been talk of interest from at least one German club and Blackburn Rovers sent a scout to watch Michael play. He would like to move on some day.
“When I look back on my career, I want to say that 1 played for big clubs, that I was successful, that I was able to win medals,” he says. “That’s what I’m trying to do. It’s not something I’m worried about or spend a lot of time thinking about it. The minute you start doing that, your performances on the field suffer.”