Francisco Bru

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Francisco Bru
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Francisco Bru (1901)
Personnel
Surname Francisco Bru Sanz
birthday April 12, 1885
place of birth Madrid ,  Spain
date of death June 10, 1962
Place of death Málaga ,  Spain
position defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1902-1906 FC Internacional
1906-1911 FC Barcelona
1911-1915 RCD Español
1915-1916 FC Barcelona
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1904-1915 Catalonia
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1920 Spain
1924-1926 RCD Español
1927-1928 Club Juventud Asturiana
1930 Peru
1934-1936 Madrid CF
1937-1939 FC Girona
1939-1941 real Madrid
1941-1943 Granada CF.
1948-1949 Real Zaragoza
1 Only league games are given.

Francisco Bru Sanz (born April 12, 1885 in Madrid , † June 10, 1962 in Málaga ), also known as Paco Bru , was a Spanish football player , referee and coach. He was the first coach of the Spanish national team.

Player career

Bru started his career at FC Internacional when he was 16 . Between 1906 and 1911 Bru played for FC Barcelona . In the final of the Spanish Cup in 1910 , Bru formed together with Manuel Amechazurra in the defense of FC Barcelona, ​​who secured their first national title with a 3-2 win over Español Madrid . In the same year he won the Pyrenees Cup with the Catalans , one of the first ever international football competitions. In 1911 he moved to city rivals RCD Español and stayed there until 1915. For his last stop as a player he returned to FC Barcelona. During his time as a player, he won the Catalan championship six times (including two with RCD Español), once the Spanish Cup and twice the Pyrenees Cup.

Referee career

After his career as a player, he decided to become a referee. In his first game under his direction, he stowed a pistol under his referee's clothing to "guarantee a quiet game". As early as 1916 and 1917, he whistled the finals for the Spanish Cup.

Coaching career

In 1920 the Spanish Football Association decided to send a team to the Olympics in Antwerp . Bru was one of the three people who were supposed to put the players together for the team. During the first training session, Bru was the only one of the three present, the other two were absent due to "family problems". The team he was supposed to coach was not at all what was originally put together, as the Spanish federation sent players other than those required. Bru later got his desired players and the team ended up being mainly composed of Basques and Catalans , including Ricardo Zamora , Félix Sesúmaga , Josep Samitier and Pichichi . Ultimately, the team under Brus' leadership surprisingly reached second place, although they did not even make it to the final. They owed this to the fact that Czechoslovakia left the pitch in protest against the referee's performance during the final, was disqualified and a subsequent tournament had to be played for second place.

Ten years later, he led the Peruvian national team to the first World Cup in Uruguay . After two defeats against Uruguay and Romania, his team was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Between 1934 and 1936 he coached Real Madrid . With the "Royal" he won the Spanish Cup in 1934 and 1936 . From 1937 he was coach of FC Girona , Real Madrid and then FC Granada for two years . His last coaching position was Real Saragossa in the 1948/49 season.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Phil Ball: Morbo. The Story of Spanish Football . WSC Books Limited, London 2003, ISBN 0-9540134-6-8 , pp. 32-33 (English).
  2. ↑ linguasport: Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1916
personal data
SURNAME Bru, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bru Sanz, Francisco (full name); Bru, Paco (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish soccer player, referee and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1962
Place of death Málaga