Ignacio Quereda

Ignacio Quereda Laviña (born 24 July 1950) is a Spanish football coach who managed the Spain women's national football team between 1988 and 2015.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quereda and the second or maternal family name is Laviña.
Ignacio Quereda
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Quereda Laviña
Date of birth (1950-07-24) 24 July 1950[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Club information
Current team
 Unattached
Teams managed
Years Team
1988–2015 Spain women

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was two weeks old.[2] He was a right–winger in Real Madrid's youth teams and represented victorious Spain teams in the 1973 and 1975 editions of the World University Games. After obtaining his coaching certificate, he was Spain's assistant coach at the 1979 World University Games and spent a period in charge of Tercera División club CD Móstoles.[3]

Coaching career

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) appointed Quereda as women's national team coach in 1988, a position he has held since, which makes him one of the longest serving football national coaches. This has led to criticisms to the RFEF of indifference for the women's national team.[4] Under his management the Spanish team has qualified for the European Championships in 1997 and 2013. In 2014, the team qualified for their first World Cup after defeating Romania 2-0 in qualifiers.[5] He also led the national Under–19 squad to a win in the 2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[6] In May 2011 Laura del Río, a striker with 40 goals in 39 caps for Spain, said that she would never play for the national team again while Quereda was still in charge. According to del Río, many other players had also refused to play for Quereda.[7]

As an RFEF official, in 2009 he launched a controversial reform of the Superliga Femenina, expanding it from 16 to 24 teams in a two-stages three-groups format despite the opposition of most teams and players in the championship.[8] The reform was cancelled two years later.[9]

In 2015 Quereda guided Spain to their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup. After Spain's poor performance and early elimination from the tournament in Canada, the entire 23-player squad publicly called for him to be sacked.[10] His resignation was confirmed after 139 matches (38.13% win) on 30 July 2015.[11]

References
  1. "Ignacio Quereda competition coaching record". UEFA. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. Rodriguez, Marco A. (6 March 2009). "Hay chicas capaces de hacer las cosas que hacía Zidane". Hoy.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Spain set daunting goal". UEFA.com. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. Doyle, Jennifer (30 June 2011). "Why Spain is absent from the World Cup". FOX Soccer. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. "La @SeFutbol Femenina se clasifica POR PRIMERA VEZ para un MUNDIAL (0-2)". Twitter. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  6. "Quereda: "We'll fight all the way in Thailand"". FIFA.com. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. Doyle, Jennifer (30 June 2011). "Why Spain is absent from the World Cup". FOX Soccer. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. Quarrel because of the new Superliga. Público, 3 June 2009
  9. The women's league is reinvented while waiting for the TV. AS, 1 September 2011
  10. "Women's World Cup: Spain players call for coach to be sacked". BBC Sport. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. Saffer, Paul (30 July 2015). "Vilda in as Quereda ends 27-year Spain reign". UEFA. Retrieved 30 July 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.