Uruguay coach Nunez dead at 75
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
MONTEVIDEO, Dec 20: Hector "Pichon" Nunez, who coached Uruguay to the 1995 Copa America crown has died in Spain at the age of 75 after a long illness, press reports said here today. "Hector Nunez is no longer with us and it is a great loss for Uruguyan football," said star striker Diego Forlan on his Twitter site. After starting his playing days with Nacional in Montevideo, Nunez had a long spell at Valencia in Spain before going into coaching. He was in charge of several top clubs including Atletico Madrid and Valencia in Spain, Tecos de Zapopan in Mexico and Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia. - AFP