Benjamín Monterroso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Eduardo Monterroso Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | September 1, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Playing position | midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1979 | Municipal | ||
| 1980–1981 | Juventud Retalteca | ||
| 1982–1986 | Cobán Imperial | ||
| 1987 | Comunicaciones | ||
| National team | |||
| 1971–1986 | Guatemala | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Municipal | ||
| 2003 | Universidad | ||
| 2004–2005 | Jalapa | ||
| 2005 | Suchitepéquez | ||
| 1998–1999 | Guatemala | ||
| 2008–2009 | Guatemala | ||
| 2010– | Unifut | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Benjamín Eduardo ("Mincho") Monterroso Díaz (born January 1, 1952) is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career at the local club CSD Municipal, and is also a former player and manager of the Guatemala national team.
Monterroso played for Municipal from 1970 to 1979, being part of the squad that won the IV CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1974. He also played in the only Copa Interamericana final played by a Guatemalan team. After a 1–1 aggregate against Argentina's Independiente, Monterroso missed during the penalty shootout. Aside from the CONCACAF honors, Municipal won three league championships with Mincho, in 1973, 1974, and 1976. Monterroso scored 21 goals in all competitions for Municipal, and after a decade at the club, he played for the clubs Juventud Retalteca (1980 to 1981), Cobán Imperial (1982 to 1986) and Comunicaciones (1987).
He was a playing member of the Guatemala national team from 1971 to 1986, participating in two World Cup qualification processes, one Olympic tournament, and one edition of the Pan American Games. During the 1974 World Cup qualification, Mincho played four matches, scoring one goal against Haiti. He then was part of the squad that qualified to the 1976 Olympic tournament, playing in all three of Guatemala's matches at the Olympic Games in Montreal. In 1976 and 1977, he played in eleven matches during the 1978 World Cup qualification process, scoring one goal against El Salvador.
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