Ignacio Trelles
Ignacio Trelles Campos ( born July 30, 1916 in Guadalajara, Mexico), also known by the nickname Nacho, is a former Mexican football player and coach. While Nacho Trelles " in the crowd " was only as a player, he became the outstanding coach of the Mexican football: with seven championships, which he won with four different clubs, he is the most successful coach of the Mexican Primera División. He is also a coach with a record 106 international matches. At the World Championships in Chile in 1962 and in England in 1966, he was head coach of the Mexican national team.
Playing career
Trelles began his playing career in 1932 in the old Primera Fuerza at Club Necaxa, for the eleven years he laced up football boots. In 1943, the Mexican professional league was introduced and Necaxa retained his amateur status, Trelles moved for two years to Club América and then for one season for CF Monterrey. After this club was relegated again from the first division at the end of the season 1945/46, he moved to Chicago Trelles for two years before he trailed off when CF Atlante 1948/49, his active playing career.
Club coach
In 1950, the Segunda División was introduced, Nacho Trelles made his debut with the trainer CD Zacatepec, with the him in 1951 at first promotion to the first division. This first triumph threw its shadow over the coming decades a highly successful career as a coach Ignacio Trelles. Just three years later (1954 ) won Trelles with the club Marte its first league title, which should still six more to follow: he was twice each champion with Zacatepec (1955 and 1958 ), Toluca (1967 and 1968) and Cruz Azul (1979 and 1980).
Coach
His immense success at club level ( master in 1954 with Marte and 1955 with Zacatepec ) were the officials of the Mexican Football Federation ( FMF) attention. In order to " ensure " the qualification for the 1958 World Cup, was Nacho Trelles for crucial qualifiers against Costa Rica (2-0 and 1-1 ) appointed coach in October 1957 without further ado.
His second of the five epochs in the service of the national team began with a promising 2-2 draw in a friendly match on March 6, 1960 against Brazil, included with the 0:8 against England on May 10, 1961 but also one of the worst failures of the Mexican. Trelles was also head coach at the 1962 World Cup, although again ended for the Mexicans with the preliminary rounds -off, but also her first World Cup victory ever, a remarkable 3-1 victory in their final group match against eventual runners-up Czechoslovakia.
With a 1-0 win in Honduras on 28 February 1965, a total of 17 games without defeat in a row his third term began as a coach. The first defeat put it on June 22, 1966 against Northern Ireland (1:4 ) on the Europe trip that you completed in England in connection with the imminent World Cup tournament. The balance of the entire trip, including the World Cup: 6 games with 3 draws and as many defeats. Immediately after another trip to Europe, which had made the national team in April and May 1969, the similar was disappointing - from seven games could be won only a single (2-0 in Norway) - ended his third commitment to the national team.
1975/76 and 1990/91 was followed by his last two engagements in the service of the national team. A 3-0 win over Canada on March 14, 1991, his 106th and final international game as head coach, 50 of which were won, 27 drawn emitted and lost 29.
International games
Achievements
- Mexican champions ( 7): 1954 ( with Marte ), 1955 and 1958 ( with Zacatepec ), 1967 and 1968 ( with Toluca ) and 1979 and 1980 ( with Cruz Azul )
- Mexican Cup Winners ( 2): 1957 and 1959 ( with Zacatepec )