Helenio Herrera
Argentine-French football player 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.
![]() Herrera with Inter Milan during the 1964–65 season | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Helenio Herrera Gavilán | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 9 November 1997 | (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
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Stade Français | 5 August 1945 | 30 June 1948 | 122 | 70 | 22 | 30 | 57.38 | ||||
Real Valladolid | 4 July 1948 | 22 June 1949 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 38.46 | ||||
Atlético Madrid | 23 June 1949 | 28 December 1952 | 115 | 55 | 19 | 41 | 47.83 | ||||
Deportivo de La Coruña | 19 January 1953 | 19 July 1953 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 42.86 | ||||
Sevilla | 1 August 1953 | 28 July 1957 | 138 | 72 | 16 | 50 | 52.17 | ||||
Belenenses | 13 August 1957 | 25 April 1958 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 47.37 | ||||
Barcelona | 25 April 1958 | 30 May 1960 | 94 | 71 | 10 | 13 | 75.53 | ||||
Inter Milan | 9 July 1960 | 30 June 1968 | 343 | 194 | 86 | 63 | 56.56 | ||||
Spain | 13 March 1959 | 21 April 1960 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 | ||||
Spain | 26 May 1962 | 7 June 1962 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | ||||
Italy (Technical Commission) | 1 November 1966 | 2 March 1967 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | ||||
Roma | 9 July 1968 | 5 April 1971 | 114 | 37 | 47 | 30 | 32.46 | ||||
Roma | 29 August 1971 | 10 April 1973 | 62 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 37.10 | ||||
Inter Milan | 19 July 1973 | 5 February 1974 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 50.00 | ||||
Rimini | 5 March 1979 | 30 April 1979 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12.50 | ||||
Barcelona | 6 March 1980 | 18 June 1980 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 46.15 | ||||
Barcelona | 6 November 1980 | 12 June 1981 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 66.67 | ||||
Total | 1,148 | 602 | 250 | 296 | 52.44 |
Honours
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changeAtlético Madrid
- La Liga: 1949–50, 1950–51
- Copa Eva Duarte: 1950
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Roma
Individual
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2015[2]
- Greatest Manager of All Time – one of 5 managers[3] ranked top 10 by France Football, World Soccer and ESPN[4]
- 4th place (World Soccer): 2013[5][6]
- 5th place (ESPN): 2013[1]
- 7th place (France Football): 2019[7]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Greatest Managers, No. 5: Herrera". ESPN FC. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Along with Alex Ferguson, Rinus Michels, Valeriy Lobanovskyi and Arrigo Sacchi
- ↑ "Валерій Лобановський потрапив до компанії найкращих тренерів усіх часів: на якому місці легенда «Динамо»" (in Ukrainian). Fakty i Kommentarii. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.