Francisco Olazar

Francisco Olazar (* July 10, 1885 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires; † September 21, 1958 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine football player and coach. As a player, he was a center half and won with the bonarenser suburb Racing Club in its heyday in the early 20th century, among other things, eight Argentine league titles. As coach of the national soccer team of Argentina, he won the Campeonato Sudamericano 1929 and was at the Erstaustragung a Football World Cup 1930 Vice World Champion.

Career

Francisco Olazar started his footballer career at Racing Club from Avellaneda suburb bonarenser. After the end of the season, 1910, he rose with racing for the first time on the first division of the Asociación Argentina de Football. The as center half playing in the center Olazar was the driving force and captains lodged by the team as La Academia in history. Alberto and Juan Ohaco Perinetti were other outstanding players of the era. Francisco Olazar impressed by his technique and his clever passes. He was also an outspoken head specialist who was found in the penalty box again and again, for example in corner kicks. Overall, it was possible to achieve it 25 headed goals.

In 1913 he won the first Argentine championship with the Racing Club. Until 1919 Racing should defend it. Racing, which took herewith the successor to the dominance of the Argentine Football Association Alumni from the 1913 resolution AC, reached with these seven titles in series, a record which has since remained unique. 1921 brought the Racing Club the championship again. In the years 1913 1918 Racing also won six times in a row the Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, which was denied by the masters of the regional leagues in the country. Only in the 1950s Racing should again be a dominant force in Argentine football.

Francisco Olazar should also have a dominant role in the Argentine national teams, the 1916 and 1917 occupied each second behind Uruguay in the first two lotteries of the Copa América. Overall, he entered 18 times for Argentina on the place, scoring a goal.

In recognition of his performance as a player, he was appointed in September 1929 coach of the national team. He made it in, held in Buenos Aires in November Copa América together with Juan José Tramutola, whose official title was Technical Director, a coaching team.

After this success, the duo was also the first World Cup in 1930 in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo took place in office. Argentina stormed it with four wins in the finals, scoring 16 goals. In the final, but lost to Argentina 2-1 up at half-time in front of 80,000 spectators at the Estadio Centenario still 4-2, but could the honor to lay claim to the lethal team of the tournament to have been. Star of Argentina was this time Guillermo Stábile, who was the first scorer in the World Cup history with his eight goals. The coaching team was replaced after the World Cup.

It should be noted that the function of the coach of the Argentine national team still had no outstanding importance. The teams were primarily selected and erected by the association's management and leadership players.

Francisco Olazar died in 1958 at the age of 73 years in Buenos Aires.

Statistics

Players:

  • Champion of Argentina: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921
  • Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918

Coach:

  • Argentina national football team: 1929 - 1930, 11 games, G - U - V: 7 - 2 - 2
  • Copa América: 1929
  • World Cup: Finalist 1930
Buenos Aires Province 1929 South American Championship Avellaneda Partido 1916 South American Championship 1917 South American Championship
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