Antonio Durán
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Antonio Durán ( born August 19, 1924 in Arbúcies; † 11 January 2009) was a Spanish- Swedish football player and coach. With four won the Swedish championship titles and three runner-up, he is regarded as the most successful coach of Malmö FF.
Career
Duran grew up in Catalonia, before the age of ten he moved with his family to Tenerife. Here he began playing football before he debuted as a professional for the CD Córdoba. In 1948, he joined Atlético Madrid in La Liga, where he first came thanks to his teammates Henry Carlsson with Swedish football in contact and its Swedish nanny Ulla he married. Later he played for Real Oviedo. With the club he joined 1952-1954 also in La Liga on. As a 29 -year-old he finished then his active career.
1955 Durán went with his wife to Sweden and took over as coach at Wifsta / Östrands IF in the third-tier Division 3 Södra Norrland. In 1957, he hired at Sandvikens IF. With the club, he finished in the result of the conversion of the game rhythm and the World Cup 1958 extended playing time in 1957/58 with two points ahead of relegated IFK Eskilstuna the last non- relegation zone and led him to seventh place in the standings the following year. He then took over the third division Åtvidabergs FF, which he led in the season 1960 in the Division 2 Östra Götaland second-rate. After he is there in the first year with the team a place in the back of the midfield, she missed in 1962 as third in the table only on goal difference thanks to the over the tied rivals IFK Kristianstad and Landskrona BoIS a promotion place. Upon reaching the runner-up behind Östers IF in the season of 1963 he made his higher class a name.
Durán became familiar with at the World Cup 1962 by the Brazilian national team, which had won the title, played 4-2 -4 system. With this system, he broke off at its next coach station, the Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, the hitherto common in Sweden 2-3 5 system. As a result, he designed one of the most successful periods in the club's history. With the team around players like Ingvar Svahn, Prawitz Öberg, Krister Kristensson, Bo Larsson, Staffan Tapper and Roland Andersson, he won four times until 1971, the von Rosen's Cup for the Swedish national championship. He also won in 1967 with Malmö FF the Svenska Cupen.
1972 Durán left the club in the direction Djurgårdens IF. At the Stockholm club he could not build on the successes of his time in Skåne, the third place in the table in the season 1973 was the best result.
1975 Durán suffered a brain haemorrhage. Therefore, he retired from football business.