Arsenio Iglesias

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Iglesias and the second or maternal family name is Pardo.
Arsenio Iglesias
Personal information
Full name Arsenio Iglesias Pardo
Date of birth (1930-12-24) 24 December 1930
Place of birth Arteixo, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Penouqueira
Ciudad Jardín
Bergantiños
Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1950–1951 Fabril
1951–1957 Deportivo La Coruña 135 (32)
1957–1958 Sevilla 8 (2)
1958–1964 Granada 111 (22)
1964–1965 Oviedo 37 (6)
1965–1966 Albacete
Total 291 (62)
Teams managed
1967–1971 Deportivo B
1971–1973 Deportivo La Coruña
1973–1977 Hércules
1977–1978 Zaragoza
1978–1979 Burgos
1979–1980 Elche
1980 Almería
1982–1985 Deportivo La Coruña
1988–1991 Deportivo La Coruña
1992–1995 Deportivo La Coruña
1996 Real Madrid
2005–2008 Galicia

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Arsenio Iglesias Pardo (born 24 December 1930) is a Spanish retired football forward and coach.

Nicknamed O Raposo de Arteixo ("The Fox of Arteixo"), his professional career, which spanned more than four decades, was closely associated to Deportivo La Coruña, as both a player and manager.[1]

Playing career

Born in Arteixo, Province of A Coruña, Iglesias started his career with local side Deportivo de La Coruña. He made his La Liga debut on 28 October 1951 in a 1–6 away loss against FC Barcelona, and scored in the following weekend against RCD Español (3–1 home win).[2]

Iglesias netted seven goals in three separate seasons for the Galicians, adding a career-best eight in the 1956–57 campaign, which nonetheless ended in relegation. In six of the following eight years he also competed in the top division, representing Sevilla FC, Granada CF and Real Oviedo; he amassed totals in the main category of 238 games and 50 goals, and retired at 35 after a spell in the lower leagues with Albacete Balompié.[3]

Managerial career

One year after retiring Iglesias started coaching, his first appointment being at Deportivo's reserves, which he accumulated with assistant duties in the main squad. Midway through the 1970–71 season he was named the first team's manager, leading it to a top flight promotion and being relegated back in 1973.

In 1973–74 Iglesias repeated the feat with another Segunda División side, Hércules CF, then remained at the club's helm for a further three years, always managing to comfortably stay afloat - this included a fifth place in 1975 and a sixth in 1976; in the 1977–78 season another top level promotion befell, this time as champions with Real Zaragoza.

In two of the next three seasons Iglesias worked in the top division, leading Burgos CF to the 13th position in 1978–79 and leaving AD Almería midway through the 1980–81 campaign, due to several internal disputes. In 1982 he returned to Deportivo, with the club in the second level.

In the 1987–88 season Iglesias was one of three coaches as Depor nearly suffered relegation to Segunda División B, being saved by a last-minute goal against Racing de Santander. He was again reinstated as first-team manager, finally attaing promotion to division one in 1991 after ranking second.

Iglesias replaced sacked Marco Antonio Boronat at the club's helm late in the 1991–92 season, as Deportivo had to play a relegation playoff against Real Betis, eventually winning 2–1 on aggregate. In the following seasons, however, Super Depor came to fruition, with several team players winning individual accolades and being called to the Spanish national team as the side finished three consecutive campaigns in the top three; during this timeframe, he was named Manager of the Year three times, twice by Don Balón and once by El País.[4]

Iglesias retired from football after the 1994–95 season. Midway through the following campaign, however, he accepted an offer from Real Madrid to replace fired Jorge Valdano, with the Merengues finally ranking sixth and being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

In 2005 Iglesias was appointed manager of the Galicia autonomous football team, working alongside Fernando Vázquez.[5] In the previous decade, he also worked as a sports commentator.[6]

Honours

Manager

Deportivo
Zaragoza

References

  1. ↑ Lucía Mariño (28 April 2011). "Lecciones de humildad para Mou de parte de un viejo "zorro"" [Lessons in humility to Mou from an old "fox"] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "D. Coruña 3, – Español, 1" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 November 1951. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Past Players – Arsenio". Deportivo La Coruña Fan Club. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Spain – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Enrique Beotas (14 November 2008). "Arsenio Iglesias: "Nunca se acaba de ser profeta del todo en la tierra propia"" [Arsenio Iglesias: "One is never truly a prophet in your hometown"] (in Spanish). El Correo Gallego. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "They think it's all over … it is meow, as cat invades Anfield pitch". The Guardian. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Supertítulo" [Supertitle] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

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