Manuel Ruiz Sosa (10 April 1937 – 12 December 2009) was a Spanish

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Honours

Player

Atlético Madrid *

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

: 1965–66 *

Copa del Generalísimo The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanish f ...

: 1964–65

Manager

Granada *

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

: 1982–83

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz Sosa, Manuel 1937 births 2009 deaths People from Coria del Río Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Tercera División players Sevilla FC players Atlético Madrid footballers Granada CF footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Alicante CF managers UE Lleida managers Real Jaén managers CD Alcoyano managers Real Oviedo managers Algeciras CF managers RSD Alcalá managers Granada CF managers Córdoba CF managers CP Almería managers Atlético Madrid B managers Sevilla Atlético managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen