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Ondino Viera
	Viera in 1950
Personal information
Full name	Ondino Leonel Viera Palasérez
Date of birth	10 September 1901
Place of birth	Cerro Largo, Uruguay
Date of death	27 June 1997 (aged 95)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Managerial career
Years	Team
1928	Cerro Largo Selection
1930–1933	Nacional
1936–1937	River Plate
1938–1941	Fluminense
1942–1946	Vasco da Gama
1947	Botafogo
1948–1949	Fluminense
1950–1953	Bangu
1953	Palmeiras
1954–1955	Atlético Mineiro
1955–1960	Nacional
1962	Centro Iqueño
1963	Paraguay
1963–1964	Guaraní
1965	Cerro
1967	New York Skyliners
1965–1967	Uruguay
1967	Bangu
1969	Colón
1971	Liverpool de Montevideo
1972	Peñarol
1972	LDU Quito

Ondino Leonel Viera Palasérez (10 September 1901 – 27 June 1997), in Brazil also known as Ondino Vieira, was a Uruguayan football manager. He was the first coach to use a 4-2-4 in Brazil. In his long-lasting career he won between the 1930s and 1960s important titles with clubs in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. With the national team of Paraguay he reached second spot at the Copa América of 1963 and at the World Cup of 1966 in England he led Uruguay into the quarterfinals.

He was the manager of the Uruguay national team during the 1966 FIFA World Cup. His son, Milton, was also in the World Cup squad.^[1]

In 1967 the United Soccer Association imported entire squads from Europe and South America to play in North America. With Viera as manager, Cerro played as the New York Skyliners.^[2]

He also coached Nacional,^[3] Fluminense, where he achieved great success and coached the second-most games in club's history,^[4] Vasco da Gama and Peñarol.^[5]