Ignacio Trelles

Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and coach. As a player, he won three Mexican championships with Club Necaxa. Later he coached amongst other the Mexico national team.

Ignacio Trelles
Trelles (left) in 1961
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Trelles Campos
Date of birth (1916-07-31)31 July 1916
Place of birth Guadalajara, Mexico
Date of death 24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 103)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1943 Necaxa
1943–1945 América
1946–? Monterrey
1948 Chicago Vikings
1948 Atlante
Teams managed
1950–1951 Zacatepec
1953–1954 Club Deportivo Marte
1954–1958 Zacatepec
1957 Mexico (assistant)
1958–1960 América
1960–1969 Mexico
1966–1972 Toluca
1972–1975 Puebla
1975–1975 Mexico
1976–1982 Cruz Azul
1983–1985 Atlante
1986–1989 UDG
1990–1991 Puebla
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Trelles made his senior debut with Club Necaxa in 1934. He won the Mexican Primera División three times with the club, in 1934–35, 1936–37 and 1937–38 and the Copa MX once, in 1934–35.[2][3]

In 1943, after nine years at Necaxa, Trelles joined the ranks of Club América and played with the Las Águilas (The Eagles) for three years before moving to C.F. Monterrey in 1946. In 1948 he played in the United States with the Chicago Vikings.[2][3] He retired from playing in February 1948 with Atlante F.C., having suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg.[1][2][3]

Coaching career

He had seven tenures as coach of the Mexico national football team in 106 international matches[4] and was in charge of the Mexico squads at two FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1962[5] and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup when they defeated Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. At the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Mexico finished eleventh, which was their best ranking in a World Cup outside home soil until 2002 where they also ranked eleventh.

With professional clubs, he coached 1083 matches, collected 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses. He took Cruz Azul to consecutive México Primera División (Mexico First Division) championships, 1979 and 1980; a feat the team has yet to repeat.[6]

Later life

Trelles turned 100 in July 2016.[7] He died of a heart attack on 24 March 2020 at the age of 103, in Mexico City.[8][9]

Honours

Player

Necaxa

Manager

C.D. Marte

Club Zacatepec

Club Toluca

Cruz Azul

References
  1. Jiménez, Oscar (25 March 2020). "Nacho Trelles: una leyenda del futbol mexicano que inició con 75 pesos". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. Garcia, Mike (25 March 2020). "¿Quién fue Ignacio Trelles?". Esto (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. "¿Quién era Nacho Trelles? El hombre que llevó al Cruz Azul a la gloria". Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. Mamrud, Roberto (23 August 2018). "Ignacio Trelles Campos - International Matches as Coach". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. Mexico dig deep in Asuncion
  6. Interview with Ignacio Trelles by Carlos Hernández (in Spanish)
  7. "100 años de Don 'Nacho' Trelles" (in Spanish). sopitas.com. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. Murió Ignacio Trelles a los 103 años, mítico entrenador del fútbol mexicano (in Spanish)
  9. Don Ignacio Trelles "murió en paz y en casa" (in Spanish)
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