Rafael Garza Gutiérrez

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Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (born December 13, 1896 in Mexico City , † July 3, 1974 ibid), also known by the nickname Récord , was a Mexican football coach and player who acted in the defense . Garza Gutiérrez also founded Récord FC with his cousin Germán Nuñez Cortina in 1916 . In order to give the club a stronger foundation, it was merged with Club Colón to become Club América in October of the same year . After the formation of Club America, Garza-Gutiérrez played exclusively for this club and led him to the championship as a player-coach in 1925 and 1926 .

Club America

Garza Gutiérrez worked as a player-coach for long periods of his active career: from 1916 to 1920 in a duet, from 1920 to 1926 alone and after the departure of coach Percy Clifford , who came in 1926, again in the 1929/30 season. After finishing his playing career in 1932, he coached Club América between 1933 and 1942 and again from 1945 to 1949.

National team

El Récord Garza Gutiérrez was part of the formation of the Mexican national team , which played the first international match in the history of the Mexican Football Association . It took place on January 1, 1923 against Guatemala and was won 3-2 by Mexico. In the full year 1923 there were a total of six comparisons between Mexico and Guatemala (at the time the only international opponent of Mexico) instead of and Garza Gutiérrez was one of seven players (all from Club America) who denied all the matches. He was also part of the 1928 Olympic squad of the Mexicans , where he was also used in both games. Garza Gutiérrez was also the captain of the Mexican selection at the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 , where he played all the games for his home country. Garza Gutiérrez is therefore the only player to have played all eleven international matches that the Mexicans played between 1923 and 1930.

Later he was national coach in three stages: first he led Mexico through qualifying for the 1934 World Cup , where Mexico beat Cuba three times (3: 2, 5: 0 and 4: 1), but in the last qualifying game against the USA (2 : 4) failed and could not qualify for the World Cup. He then looked after the national team between September 1937 and February 1938 in eight games, seven of which were won and one ended in a draw. He coached the national team one last time in September 1949 in the four qualifying matches for the 1950 World Cup . With the dominant overall balance of 17-2 goals and 8-0 points, he led Mexico to the World Cup, where Octavio Vial was already head coach.

successes

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Individual references and web links

  1. ↑ Javier Bañuelos Rentería: Balón a tierra (1896–1932), Editorial Clío, México 1998, p. 41 / ISBN 970-663-022-8
  2. ↑ List of coaches from Club América (Spanish)
  3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tables/30full.html
  4. ↑ Mexico - International Results Details 1920-1939
personal data
SURNAME Garza Gutiérrez, Rafael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 1974
Place of death Mexico city