Anselmo Fernandez

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Anselmo Fernández Rodríguez (born August 21, 1918 in Lisbon , † January 19, 2000 in Madrid ) was a Portuguese architect and football coach . In addition to his considerable contribution to the architecture of Lisbon - many of the buildings in which he was involved have been awarded prizes and are now listed buildings - he won the 1964 European Cup Winners' Cup as coach with Sporting Lisbon. Most recently, he was coach at CUF Barreiro . He was one of the first to use film to analyze opponents.

Life

The historic Estádio José Alvalade

The Spanish-born Anselmo Fernández began a footballing career at Sporting Lisbon at the age of 16 , which he soon had to give up for health reasons. From the age of 27 he devoted himself to rugby at Sporting , where he developed into an excellent referee.

In the following years he became a successful architect. His first significant work was the Estádio José Alvalade , which was completed within a year from 1955 and which he built together with António Augusto Sá da Costa . The stadium, which held almost 61,000 spectators, was the home of Sporting Lisbon until 2003 , when it had to give way to a new building known as Estádio José Alvalade XXI for the 2004 European Championship . Anselmo Fernández did not charge the association for its work.

Together with António Pardal Monteiro , he designed the Hotel Ritz in Lisbon between 1956 and 1959, which is now a listed building. In 1961 he was substantially involved in the renovations of the Hotel Tivoli , which is now also a listed building, on Avenida da Liberdade , Lisbon's boulevard.

He worked with Porfirio Pardal Monteiro in Erbau the Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa , the University Rector, which with a prestigious Prémio Valmor was excellent, and the faculties of arts and law from Lisbon, Faculdade de Letras and the Faculdade de Direito, together .

As early as 1962, he replaced the legendary 67-year-old Hungarian Jozséf "Joseph" Szabo, who was legendary in Portugal, as coach. But his big hour came in the season. Sporting Lisbon slid into a crisis. After a 1: 4 defeat in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup on 26 February 1964 at the English club Manchester United - formerly with major players such as Bobby Charlton , George Best and Denis Law equipped - Fernández was as Director Técnico the Brazilian coach Gentil Cardoso transferred who, in turn, replaced Jozséf Szabo, now working as a “field trainer”, treinador do campo . After a draw in the next championship home game, Cardoso was completely released and replaced by Francisco Reboredo , until then head coach of the league rivals Vitória Setúbal .

In the quarter-final second leg against Manchester United that followed, they achieved a sensational 5-0 win. After Olympique Lyonnais was eliminated in the semi-finals , the final against MTK Budapest in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels ended 3: 3. In the play-off at the Bosuil Stadium in Antwerp, Sporting achieved their greatest international success to date with a 1-0 win - thanks to a directly converted corner kick from João Morais , who only came into the squad because of the injury to star defender Hilário Conceição . Fernández, who also made himself available to the club free of charge in this case, said goodbye to the coaching bench. In that short time he had already shown himself to be a pioneer when he used footage of opponents in preparation.

The new coach was Frenchman Jean Luciano . In the course of the season, the club, which is still under financial stress due to the stadium construction, experienced another sporting crisis. By March 1965, when he saw the crisis resolved, Fernández made himself available again and Armando Ferreira , a successful player for Sporting in the 1940s and now national coach, was his successor. The 1965/66 season began again with Fernández in the coaching bench and he was soon able to celebrate a 4-0 win against Girondins Bordeaux in the trade fair cup . This time he was offered a payment of 15 million escudos a month, which he considered to be quite low. Further dissonances eventually led to his early departure. The Brazilian Otto Glória should finally lead Sporting to the longed-for championship title at the end of the season, the twelfth in the club's history.

Anselmo Fernández soon took over the first division club CUF Barreiro , with whom he should achieve places in midfield in three seasons. However, a traffic accident that made neurosurgical intervention necessary ended his coaching career.

Sporting Lisbon honored Anselmo Fernández with the club's greatest honors, the Prêmio Stomp and honorary membership. The group Os Cinquentenários , which is close to the association, appointed him Visconde de Alvalade , the "Count of Alvalade".

Works

  • Estádio José Alvalade , Lisbon, 1956
  • Hotel Tivoli , Lisbon, 1956
  • Hotel Ritz, Lisbon, 1956
  • Reitoria da Universidade, Lisbon. Awarded the Prémio Valmor .
  • Faculdades de Letras, Lisbon.
  • Faculdades de Direito, Lisbon.

  • Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa

  • Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

  • Hotel Ritz, Lisboa

successes

References and comments

  1. ↑ The honorary title Visconde de Alvalade refers to the actual Visconde de Alvalade , grandfather of the association's founder José de Alvalade, who provided funds and land when the association was founded, and in the former official role as protetor associado his grandson, the formal president , assist.

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SURNAME Fernandez, Anselmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fernandez Rodriguez, Anselmo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese architect and football coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 2000
Place of death Madrid , Spain