Francisco Olazar
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Olazar | ||
Date of birth | July 10, 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Quilmes, Argentina | ||
Date of death | September 21, 1958 73) | (aged||
Place of death | Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | ||
Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1900–1910 | Racing Club | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1910–1922 | Racing Club | 225 | (37) |
National team | |||
1916–1921 | Argentina | 18 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Francisco Olazar (Quilmes,[1] July 10, 1885 – Lomas de Zamora, September 21, 1958) was an Argentine football player and later coach. His position on the field was central midfielder
At club level, he spent his entire career playing for Racing Club, where he won eight Primera División league titles and eight National cups. Olazar also played for the Argentina national team, being the team coach at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
Career
Olazar gave his first steps at Club Mariano Moreno, a small institution in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires. In 1908 he joined Racing Club, where he started playing at 4th. division.[1]
Playing as central midfielder ("number 5") Olazar was part of the Racing Club team that became legendary for their playing style and success, winning seven consecutive Primera División titles from 1913 to 1919, a landmark that still is a record in Argentine football and originated the Academy nickname for Racing Club that has identified the institution since then.[2] Racing Club is considered successor of another legendary team, Alumni (dissolved in 1911), the most winning team of the first years of organised football in the country.[3]
Olazar was one of the Racing Club most notable players because of his technique and his strenght to recover the ball. He also captained the team during all those successful years. He scored a total of 37 goals playing for Racing Club.[1]
He played for the Argentina national team on 18 occasions including appearances at the first two Copa América tournaments in 1916 and 1917.
After retiring as a player Olazar turned to coaching, and managed the Argentina team that won a Copa América trophy in 1929. He was also the coach of the team that took part of the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, where he and technical director Juan José Tramutola managed the albicelestes to second-place behind hosts Uruguay.[4]
Honours
Player
- Racing Club
- Primera División (8): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921
- Copa de Honor (4): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917
- Copa Ibarguren (4): 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918
Coach
- Argentina
- Copa América (1): 1929
References
- 1 2 3 Ídolos: Francisco Olazar on Racing Club website
- ↑ Racing Club, a 100 años de su apodo histórico: la Academia on Día a Día website, 31 Aug 2015
- ↑ El primer grande del fútbol argentino by Daniel Guiñazú on Página/12, 15 Dec 2014
- ↑ 95 historias de la selección en los mundiales, El Gráfico, 30 May 2014
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