Ángel Cappa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Cappa | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Miguel Ángel Cappa (born September 6, 1946 in Bahía Blanca) is an Argentine manager and former footballer.
Career as player and assistant coach
Cappa played for Olimpo in the 1960s and 1970s.
Following his retirement as a player he took up coaching. He worked as assistant manager to César Luis Menotti in FC Barcelona (1984), Peñarol (1985) and Boca Juniors (1987), as well as for Jorge Valdano with CD Tenerife (1992-94) and Real Madrid (1994-96), before becoming a head coach in his own right.
Coaching career
Cappa worked as the manager of clubs in several countries including UD Las Palmas and CD Tenerife in Spain, Racing Club in Argentina, Atlante in Mexico, Universitario in Peru and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa.
In 2008, he became manager of Huracán, in the Argentine Primera División. His team was especially lauded for their offensive and short passing style of play during the 2009 Clausura tournament,[1] competition where they took the second place, behind Vélez Sársfield. Following the tournament two of the key players in his team, Javier Pastore and Matías Defederico, together with four more of the starting eleven (Carlos Arano, Carlos Araujo, Federico Nieto and César González), left the club. The following season Huracán struggled near the bottom of the league and Cappa resigned in November after the 15th fixture.
On April 13, 2010, River Plate hired Cappa to replace Leonardo Astrada as coach.[2] However, he was fired from the job on November 8, after his team had an unsuccessful run of 7 matches without winning during the 2010 Apertura.[3]
Honours
- Mamelodi Sundowns
References
- ^ "Que de la mano, de Angel Cappa..."
- ^ Veteran Cappa appointed River Plate coach
- ^ "Cappa dejó de ser el DT de River: "No renuncié, ni fue de común acuerdo"". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 2010-11-8. Retrieved 2010-11-8.
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External links
- Argentine Primera managerial statistics at Fútbol XXI Template:Es icon
- 1946 births
- Living people
- People from Bahía Blanca
- Argentine footballers
- Olimpo footballers
- Argentine football managers
- Racing Club managers
- Huracán managers
- Universitario de Deportes managers
- CF Atlante managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- UD Las Palmas managers
- River Plate managers
- Argentine expatriates in South Africa