Ignacio Trelles
Mexican footballer (1916-2020)
Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and coach. He had five tenures as coach of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) in 106 international matches, and was in charge of the Mexico squads at FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1962[1] and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Trelles Campos | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Mexico | ||
| Date of death | 24 March 2020 (aged 103) | ||
| Place of death | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1943 | Necaxa | ||
| 1943–1945 | América | ||
| 1946–1948 | Chicago Vikings | ||
| 1948–1949 | América | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1950–1951 | Zacatepec | ||
| 1953–1954 | Club Deportivo Marte | ||
| 1954–1958 | Zacatepec | ||
| 1957 | Mexico (assistant) | ||
| 1958–1960 | América | ||
| 1960–1969 | Mexico | ||
| 1966–1968 | Toluca | ||
| 1975–1976 | Mexico | ||
| 1976–1982 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 1983–1985 | Atlante F.C. | ||
| 1986–1989 | UDG | ||
| 1990–1991 | Puebla | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He coached 1083 matches, collected 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses. He turned 100 in July 2016.[2] Trelles died on 24 March 2020 of a heart attack in Mexico City, aged 103.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Mexico dig deep in Asuncion". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ↑ "100 años de Don 'Nacho' Trelles" (in Spanish). sopitas.com. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ Murió Ignacio Trelles a los 103 años, mítico entrenador del fútbol mexicano (in Spanish)
Other websites
change- Official Mexico national team coaching statistics Archived 2019-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
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