Juan Verzeri

Juan José Verzeri Casas (born 20 May 1963) is a Uruguayan football coach, who is currently assistant manager of Peñarol. He is nicknamed "Ingeniero" (Engineer), for his secondary profession.

Juan Verzeri

Personal information
Full name	Juan José Verzeri Casas
Date of birth	(1963-05-20) 20 May 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Team information
Current team	Peñarol (assistant)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2002	River Plate Montevideo (youth)
2004	Liverpool Montevideo (youth)
2005–2007	Juventud (assistant)
2008	Oman (assistant)
2008–2010	Racing Montevideo
2010–2013	Uruguay U20
2011	Uruguay U22
2014	Al-Ittihad
2015	Liverpool Montevideo
2016	Atlético Mineiro (assistant)
2016–2017	San Lorenzo (assistant)
2018	São Paulo (assistant)
2019–2020	Al-Rayyan (assistant)
2021	Internacional (assistant)
2022	Cruz Azul (assistant)
2023	Olimpia (assistant)
2023	Santos (assistant)
2023–	Peñarol (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Uruguay Men's Football Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team Competition

Coaching career

Verzeri was born in Montevideo. In early 2008, he became assistant manager of Julio César Ribas at Oman for a short period of time.

In mid-2008, Verzeri took up coaching at Racing Club de Montevideo in the Uruguayan Primera División. He played a vital role for Racing to qualify to the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

In May 2010, Verzeri was named the Uruguay under-20s manager.^[1] On 11 August of that year, he was in charge of the senior team on a friendly match against Angola.^[2]

In 2011, Verzeri coached the Uruguay U22 team for the 2011 Pan American Games. After leaving the national side in 2013, he was manager of Ittihad FC and Liverpool Montevideo before joining Diego Aguirre's staff at Atlético Mineiro.

Verzeri followed Aguirre in the following years, being his assistant at San Lorenzo, São Paulo, Al-Rayyan, Internacional, Cruz Azul, Olimpia, Santos and Peñarol.

Honours

Uruguay U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2013 runner-up
• South American U-20 Championship: 2011 runner-up