Uruguayan footballer and manager

Maximiliano "Maxi" Viera Dutra (born 24 October 1968) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Playing career

Viera, son of Uruguayan international Milton Viera, graduated from Italian High School in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1983, he began his professional career with C.A. Peñarol before moving to Rampla Juniors in 1989. In 1992, Viera moved to Ecuador to play for Macará Ambato for one season before returning to Uruguay to join Huracán Buceo and Sud América in 1994. In 1995, Viera moved to Chile to play for Regional Atacama before moving to the United States.

On February 7, 1999, the San Jose Clash selected Viera in the first round (11th overall) of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. Viera spent most of his time with the Clash on injured reserves with a broken right clavicle. Viera was up for selection off the bench June 3, 1999 vs Colorado Rapids. On June 30, 1999, the Clash waived Viera. He played one game for the San Francisco Bay Seals in 1999. He signed with the Colorado Rapids for the remainder of the 1999 season, made no appearances. In February 2000, he signed with the St. Louis Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League. The Ambush folded at the end of the season. In 2001, Viera played for the Tucson Fireballs.

Coaching career

Coach Viera has achieved great success in Arizona after retiring from professional Football, has won many State Championship in Arizona and over 20 Tournaments in the US with different age groups of Boys and Men and Girls and Women from 2002 until 2014. Coach Viera received the award of VYSL "Coach of the year 2006 and 2007. In 2009 he received his Diploma for his National USSF B License Concacaf and decided to work back at the Elite levels of soccer.

Viera was the Technical Director of the Ahwatukee Foothills Soccer Club in Phoenix Arizona from 2011 to 2015, before he signed with the Qatar national football team as the *istant coach of compatriots José Daniel Carreño and Jorge Fossati. In 2017 Legacy Arizona asked Coach Viera to work in the Club and to mentor younger coaches as *istant Director in the club until 2018.

In 2018, Viera was hired by FC Arizona (NPSL) as the Head Coach. After making the play-offs, he decided to take the job in South America and in July of the same year decided to move to Uruguay and coached Miramar Misiones, a Uruguayan Professional Second Division Team for the Torneo Clausura.

In 2019 Montevideo Wanderers FC announced on their media account that coach Viera signed for the season 2019–20 with the club. In 2020, he joined Deportivo Cali's staff before being appointed manager of Sud América.

In 2021, Viera became the new coach of Club Atlético Progreso.

References

External links

• Maxi Viera at Major League Soccer
• Official website