Omar Borrás
Omar Borrás, full name Omar Bienvenido Granda Borrás ( born June 15, 1929 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football coach.
Profesor Borrás - on an actual academic title he does not have - was the beginning of his career as a member of the coaching staff ( preparador físico ) and assistant coach operates. Finally, he also took on teams from the first division as a responsible coach. From 1966 Borrás was a member of the then Uruguayan national team coach Ondino Viera. With the start of the 1973 space cross in Uruguay civil-military dictatorship then also made Borrás as an active collaborator career.
In the early 1970s the club Huracán Buceo supervised Borrás as a coach. In this first coach job in the Primera División, he finished with the team in 1970 to third place and won the Copa Montevideo, which was the best-placed by Nacional and Peñarol team. In 1975, he coached the Montevideo Wanderers and qualified with these first time to compete for the Copa Libertadores.
In 1982, his path from an administrative job in the sport technical area on the chair coach the national team. The following year he won with the national team in the Copa América 1983. Having Uruguay in 1985 found its way back from the military dictatorship, even Borrás was questioned. However, he remained on the ground in office, that as long as the Celeste win, have no arguments. Although numerous shown him criticism that he knew nothing about football and he was " not a man of football" was, he succeeded with the national team to qualify for the world championship of the year 1986. During his time as coach, he renounced for example on players such as during the Mundialito convincing Hugo de León, who was, however, associated the political left. Immediately before now following Soccer World Cup 1986, where he also sat on the bench of the Uruguayan national football team, also expressed the former national player Fernando Morena massive criticism and doubt indirectly the competence of the trainer to. During the 1986 World Cup Borrás was locked as the first coach of a football World Cup for a game and had to take to the stands as his team had performed with to hard use in the game against Scotland and he was the referee also referred to as the murderer. Finally Borrás 1987 replaced in this office. After that he was still working as coach of the Saudi Arabian national football team.
Others
Borrás lives in Barrio Punta Gorda montevideanischen. (As of June 2004)
Achievements
- Copa América 1983
- Qualification for the 1986 World Cup Uruguay
- Initial qualification with the Montevideo Wanderers for the Copa Libertadores (1975 )