Juan López (football manager, born 1908)
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Full name | Juan López Fontana | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 March 1908 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 October 1983 | (aged 75)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||
1946–1955 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
1952–1955 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
1957–1959 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
1959–1960 | Ecuador | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan López Fontana (15 March 1908 – 4 October 1983) was a Uruguayan professional football manager who won the 1950 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Uruguay national team.
Biography
López was born in the Barrio Palermo of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital on 15 March 1908. His hometown is the home of Estadio Centenario where Uruguay had won the 1930 FIFA World Cup under head coach at the time Alberto Suppici. López started out in coaching as a medical assistant at local club Central Fútbol Club, managed by Suppici, who taught López the fundamentals of coaching. López was appointed head coach of Uruguay in 1946.[1]
Uruguay won the
At the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, López coached his side to a place in the semifinal, beating traditional powerhouses Czechoslovakia, Scotland and England along the way. A 4–2 defeat after extra time to Hungary, the dominant team of the era, set up a third place match with Austria. Uruguay were defeated 3–1 by the Austrians.
By 1962, López was coaching the national side as part of a committee including
He also coached
López died on 4 October 1983 in Montevideo at the age of 75.Honours
Manager
Peñarol
Uruguay
References
- ^ a b RSSSF
- ^ Coaches Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tecnicos".