Ignacio Trelles

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Ignacio Trelles Campos (born July 30, 1916 in Guadalajara , Mexico , † March 24, 2020 in Mexico City ) also known by the nickname Nacho , was a Mexican football player and coach . While Nacho Trelles was only "one of many" as a player, he developed into an outstanding coach of Mexican football: with seven championship titles, which he won with four different clubs, he is the most successful coach in the Mexican Primera División . He is also the record national coach with 106 internationals. At the World Championships in Chile in 1962 and in England in 1966 he was the head coach of the Mexican national team .

Player career

Trelles began his playing career in 1932 in the old Primera Fuerza at Club Necaxa , for which he laced his football boots for eleven years. When the Mexican professional league was introduced in 1943 and Necaxa maintained its amateur status, Trelles moved to Club América for two years and then for one season at CF Monterrey . After this club was relegated from the first division at the end of the season 1945/46, Trelles moved to Chicago for two years before ending his active playing career in 1948/49 at CF Atlante .

Club coach

When the Segunda División was introduced in 1950 , Nacho Trelles made his coaching debut at the CD Zacatepec , with whom he was promoted to the first division in 1951. This first triumph cast its shadow over the coming decades of an extremely successful coaching career for Ignacio Trelles. Just three years later (1954) Trelles won his first championship title with Club Marte , which was to be followed by six more: he was twice champion with Zacatepec (1955 and 1958), Toluca (1967 and 1968) and Cruz Azul (1979 and 1980).

National coach

Trelles (left) as a coach in 1961

His immense success at club level (champions in 1954 with Marte and 1955 with Zacatepec) made the officials of the Mexican Football Association (FMF) sit up and take notice. In order to "ensure" qualification for the 1958 World Cup, Nacho Trelles was appointed national coach in October 1957 for the decisive qualifying games against Costa Rica (2-0 and 1: 1).

His second of a total of five eras in the service of the national team began with a remarkable 2-2 in a friendly against Brazil on March 6, 1960, but also included one of the worst bankruptcies for the Mexicans with the 8-0 win against England on May 10, 1961. Trelles was also head coach at the 1962 World Cup, which ended with the qualifying round for the Mexicans, but also their first ever World Cup victory, a remarkable 3-1 win in the last group game against eventual runners-up Czechoslovakia.

With a 1-0 win in Honduras on February 28, 1965 and a total of 17 games without defeat in a row, his third term as national coach began. The first defeat set it on June 22, 1966 against Northern Ireland (1: 4) on the trip to Europe, which was completed in connection with the imminent World Cup tournament in England. The balance of the entire trip including the World Cup: 6 games with 3 draws and as many defeats. Immediately after another trip to Europe that the national team undertook in April and May 1969, which was similarly disappointing - only one of seven games was won (2-0 in Norway) - his third engagement with the national team ended.

His last two engagements in the service of the national team followed in 1975/76 and 1990/91. A 3-0 win against Canada on March 14, 1991 was his 106th and last international game as head coach, of which 50 were won, 27 were drawn and 29 were lost.

International match record

Years Games S. U N
1957 2 1 1 0
1960–1962 27 11 7th 9
1965-1969 56 28 15th 13
1975-1976 13 5 3 5
1990-1991 8th 5 1 2

successes

  • Mexican champion (7): 1954 (with Marte), 1955 and 1958 (with Zacatepec), 1967 and 1968 (with Toluca) and 1979 and 1980 (with Cruz Azul)
  • Mexican Cup Winner (2): 1957 and 1959 (with Zacatepec)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=711213&s=mex&type=story
  2. ^ Don Ignacio Trelle's "murió en paz y en casa". milenio.com, March 25, 2020, accessed March 25, 2020 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Ignacio Trelles in the FEMEXFUT database (Spanish)
  4. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mexchamp.html
  5. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mexcuphist.html
personal data
SURNAME Trelles, Ignacio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trelles Campos, Ignacio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Guadalajara
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2020
Place of death Mexico city