Alejandro Víctor Mancuso (born 4 September 1968 in Ciudadela) is a former Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football player.

During his club career in Argentina he played for Ferro Carril Oeste

Ferro Carril Oeste

Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...

, Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

, Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

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 and Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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. He is one of the best friends of Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

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After leaving his country, he played in Brazil

Brazil

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, Spain

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 and Uruguay

Uruguay

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. In 1996, he played for Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

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 where he won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship

Campeonato Carioca

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. Flamengo's supporters still remember his class and his courage in the matches.

In November 2008, Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

 was named coach of Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

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 and Mancuso joined him in the commission. He also said that after this cycle he intends to manage Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

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Flamengo

• Rio de Janeiro State Championship
  Campeonato Carioca
  The Campeonato Carioca, also known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, is the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is one of the most prestigious national football tournaments...
  
  : 1996
• Copa de Oro Sudamericana: 1996
  1996 Copa de Oro
  -Semifinals:-----Final:-Top goalscorers:3 goals Sávio2 goals Fabio Baiano1 goal Adriano Müller Emerson Víctor Aristizábal Eduardo Montoya-External links:* at RSSSF...
  
  

External links

• Career details at National Football Teams Argentine Primera statistics