Helenio Herrera

French footballer and manager (1910-1997)

Helenio Herrera Gavilán (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈlenjo eˈreɾa ɣaβiˈlan]; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentine-French football player and manager.

Helenio Herrera
Herrera with Inter Milan during the 1964–65 season
Personal information
Full name Helenio Herrera Gavilán
Date of birth (1910-04-10)10 April 1910
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 9 November 1997(1997-11-09) (aged 87)
Place of death Venice, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Roches Noires
1931–1932 Racing Casablanca
1932–1933 CASG Paris
1933–1935 Stade Français
1935–1937 Charleville
1937–1939 Excelsior Roubaix
1940–1942 Red Star Olympique
1942–1943 Stade Français
1943–1944 EF Paris-Capitale
1944–1945 Puteaux
Teams managed
1944–1945 Puteaux
1945–1948 Stade Français
1948–1949 Real Valladolid
1949–1952 Atlético Madrid
1952 Málaga
1953 Deportivo de La Coruña
1953–1957 Sevilla
1957–1958 Belenenses
1958–1960 Barcelona
1960–1962 Spain
1960–1968 Inter Milan
1966–1967 Italy
1968–1970 Roma
1973–1974 Inter Milan
1978–1979 Rimini
1979–1981 Barcelona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his managerial career, Herrera won four La Liga titles in Spain (with Atlético Madrid and Barcelona) and three Serie A titles in Italy with Inter.

He is seen as one of the greatest managers of all time.[1]

Managerial statistics change

As of match played on 24 March 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Stade Français   5 August 1945 30 June 1948 122 70 22 30 057.38
Real Valladolid   4 July 1948 22 June 1949 26 10 2 14 038.46
Atlético Madrid   23 June 1949 28 December 1952 115 55 19 41 047.83
Deportivo de La Coruña   19 January 1953 19 July 1953 21 9 3 9 042.86
Sevilla   1 August 1953 28 July 1957 138 72 16 50 052.17
Belenenses   13 August 1957 25 April 1958 19 9 4 6 047.37
Barcelona   25 April 1958 30 May 1960 94 71 10 13 075.53
Inter Milan   9 July 1960 30 June 1968 343 194 86 63 056.56
Spain   13 March 1959 21 April 1960 6 5 0 1 083.33
Spain   26 May 1962 7 June 1962 3 1 0 2 033.33
Italy (Technical Commission)   1 November 1966 2 March 1967 4 3 1 0 075.00
Roma   9 July 1968 5 April 1971 114 37 47 30 032.46
Roma   29 August 1971 10 April 1973 62 23 20 19 037.10
Inter Milan   19 July 1973 5 February 1974 24 12 7 5 050.00
Rimini   5 March 1979 30 April 1979 8 1 3 4 012.50
Barcelona   6 March 1980 18 June 1980 13 6 4 3 046.15
Barcelona   6 November 1980 12 June 1981 36 24 6 6 066.67
Total 1,148 602 250 296 052.44

Honours change

Manager change

Atlético Madrid

Barcelona

Inter Milan

Roma

Individual

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Greatest Managers, No. 5: Herrera". ESPN FC. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. Along with Alex Ferguson, Rinus Michels, Valeriy Lobanovskyi and Arrigo Sacchi
  4. "Валерій Лобановський потрапив до компанії найкращих тренерів усіх часів: на якому місці легенда «Динамо»" (in Ukrainian). Fakty i Kommentarii. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
  6. Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.