Fernando Marcos

Fernando Marcos
Personnel
Surname	Fernando Marcos
birthday	1913
place of birth	Mexico City ,  Mexico
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	Germania
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1930-1936	España
1936-1937	Asturias
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1934	Mexico	1 (1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1948 - ????	Asturias
	Marte
around 1954/55	Necaxa
	Toluca
1958-1961	America
1959	Mexico
1 Only league games are given.

Fernando Marcos (* 1913 in Mexico City ; † 2000 ) was a Mexican soccer player who worked as a referee , coach and sports commentator after finishing his active career .

biography

Career as an athlete

Marcos began his playing career in the youth teams of FV Germania and switched to the first team of Real Club España in the early 1930s , with which he won the Mexican championship in 1934 and 1936 . In his last season, 1936/37, he played for España's arch-rivals Asturias , who won the Copa México that season . In 1937 he hung up his football boots and was henceforth active as a referee.

In 1948 he began his coaching career at Asturias and later also worked for Marte , Necaxa (at least in the 1954/55 season), Toluca and America . Between March and May 1959 he temporarily looked after the Mexican national team in three friendly matches, all of which were won: twice against Costa Rica (3: 1 and 2: 1) and once against England (2: 1). Already as a player he was used as part of the World Cup qualification for the national team when he played his only international match against Cuba on March 18, 1934 and was also able to contribute a goal to his team's 4-1 victory.

Career as a commentator

Marcos first worked as a radio commentator in 1939, and since 1962 he has also been active as a television commentator. During a trivial game in the 1994 World Cup , Marcos resigned as a television presenter, but continued to work for the radio and for the El Nacional newspaper.

As a commentator, he participated in various world championships. His most famous saying comes from the 1966 World Cup , when he excitedly shouted into the microphone during the game between Mexico and France (1-1): “ Borja , don't fail. Don't fail! Goal for Mexico. "

Sources and web links

• Profile at the Mexican Football Association
• Article on the death of Fernando Marcos (Spanish)

Individual references and web links

1. ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano (Mexico City: B. Costa Amica, 1961), p. 353
2. ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano (Mexico City: B. Costa Amica, 1961), p. 311
3. ↑ Excerpts from the game on Youtube with Marcos' legendary saying "Borja no falles. No falls! Gol de México. “At about 2:10 min.