Juan López Fontana

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Fontana.

Juan López
Personal information
Full name	Juan López Fontana
Date of birth	(1908-03-15)March 15, 1908
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	October 4, 1983(1983-10-04) (aged 75)
Teams managed
	Central Español (medical assistant)
1946–1949	Uruguay
1949–1955	Uruguay
1952–1955	Peñarol
1957–1959	Uruguay
1959–1960	Ecuador

Juan López Fontana (15 March 1908 - 4 October 1983) was a Uruguayan football manager. He coached the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Biography

López was born in the Barrio Palermo of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital and the home of Estadio Centenario where Uruguay had won the 1930 FIFA World Cup under Alberto Suppici. López started out in coaching as a medical assistant at local club Central Fútbol Club, managed by Suppici, who taught López the fundamentals of coaching. López was coaching Uruguay as early as 1947.^[1]

Uruguay won the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil under López's management. His side beat Bolivia 8-0 in their only first-round game, earning a spot in a four-team final group in the absence of a traditional cup final. Uruguay drew Spain and beat Sweden going into a final match at the Estádio do Maracanã with Brazil, who only needed a draw to win their first World Cup. López's Uruguay came from behind to win the match 2-1, however, sealing their second World Cup win in what has been referred to as the Maracanaço.

At the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, López coached his side to a place in the semifinal, beating traditional powerhouses Czechoslovakia, Scotland and England along the way. A 4-2 defeat after extra time to Hungary, the dominant team of the era, set up a third place match with Austria. Uruguay were defeated 3-1 by the Austrians.

By 1962, López was coaching the national side as part of a committee including Hugo Bagnulo and Roberto Scarone,^[1] and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup worked alongside Juan Carlos Corazo.^[2] At the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, he worked with head coach Roberto Porta until Uruguay were beaten in the semi-final 3-1 by Brazil.

He also coached C.A. Peñarol.^[3]

Honours

International

Uruguay

FIFA World Cup:
- 1950

References

External links

Short biography

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Vittorio Pozzo	FIFA World Cup winning managers 1950	Succeeded by Sepp Herberger

FIFA World Cup winning managers

1930: Suppici 1934: Pozzo 1938: Pozzo 1950: López Fontana 1954: Herberger 1958: Feola 1962: Moreira 1966: Ramsey 1970: Zagallo 1974: Schön 1978: Menotti 1982: Bearzot 1986: Bilardo 1990: Beckenbauer 1994: Parreira 1998: Jacquet 2002: Scolari 2006: Lippi 2010: Del Bosque 2014: Löw

Uruguay squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd title)

FW Britos FW Burgueño DF Gambetta FW Ghiggia DF J. González DF M. González DF Martínez GK Máspoli FW Míguez FW Morán MF Ortuño GK Paz FW Pérez MF Pini FW Rijo MF Rodríguez Andrade FW Romero FW Schiaffino DF Tejera MF Varela FW Vidal DF Vilches Coach: López

Uruguay squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Máspoli 2 Santamaría 3 Martínez 4 Rodríguez Andrade 5 Varela (c) 6 Leopardi 7 Abbadie 8 Hohberg 9 Míguez 10 Schiaffino 11 Borges 12 Maceiras 13 Davoine 14 Tejera 15 Rivera 16 Carballo 17 Cruz 18 Souto 19 Ambrois 20 Méndez 21 Pérez 22 Castro Coach: López

Uruguay national football team – managers

Pacheco & Foglino (1915–16)
Platero (1917–19)
Castillo (1919–20)
Figoli (1920–22)
Olivieri (1922–23)
De Lucca (1923–24)
Figoli (1924)
Meliante (1924–25)
Mazali & Figoli (1926)
Lago Millán (1927–28)
Grecco (1927–28)
Giannoti (1928)
Suppici (1928–32)
Blanco (1932–35)
Suppici (1935–41)
Cea (1941–42)
Nasazzi (1942–45)
Tejada (1945–46)
Vila Gomensoro (1946)
López Fontana (1946–49)
Marcenaro (1949)
López Fontana (1949–55)
Corazzo (1955)
Bagnulo (1955–57)
López Fontana (1957–59)
Castro (1959)
Corazzo (1959–61)
Fernández (1961–62)
Corazzo (1962–64)
Milans (1964–65)
Viera (1965–67)
Fernández (1967–69)
Hohberg (1969–70)
Bagnulo (1970–73)
Porta (1973–74)
Schiaffino (1974–75)
Rodríguez (1975–76)
Hohberg (1976–77)
Bentacor (1977–79)
Máspoli (1979–82)
Borrás (1982–87)
Fleitas (1987–88)
Tabárez (1988–90)
Cubilla (1990–93)
Maneiro (1993–94)
Núñez (1994–96)
Ahuntchaín (1996–97)
Máspoli (1997–98)
Púa (1998–2000)
Passarella (2000–01)
Púa (2001–03)
Ferrín (2003)
Carrasco (2003–04)
Fossati (2004–06)
Ferrín (2006)
Tabárez (2006–)

Ecuador national football team – managers

Lamas (1938)
Unamuno (1939)
Parodi (1941–42)
Orlandini (1945)
Unamuno (1947)
Planas (1949)
Esperón (1953)
Díaz (1955)
Spandre (1957)
López (1959–60)
Montalván (1963)
Rodríguez (1965)
Montalván (1966)
Nogueira (1969)
Guerra (1970)
Lazo (1972)
Resquín (1973)
Máspoli (1975–77)
Guerra (1977–80)
Morales (1981)
Vieira (1981)
Hohberg (1981–82)
Guerra (1983)
Ferreira (1984–85)
Grimaldi (1986–87)
Drašković (1988–93)
Garcés (1994)
Ron (1994)
Maturana (1995–97)
Carrera (1998)
Sevilla (1999)
Gómez (1999–2004)
Suárez (2004–07)
Vizuete (2007–10)
Rueda (2010–14)
Vizuete (2014–15)
Quinteros (2015–)

C.A. Peñarol – managers

de Luca (1932–34)
Piendibene (1934)
Velásquez (1935–40)
Piendibene (1940–41)
de Luca (1941)
Morquio (1941)
L. Fernández (1941–42)
Harley (1942)
de Luca (1942–43)
Arremón (1943)
de Hegedüs (1943)
Tejada (1944)
Suppici (1945)
Tejada (1946)
Clulow (1947)
Galloway (1948)
Hirschl (1949–51)
López (1952–55)
Máspoli & Varela (1955^c)
Hirschl (1956)
Spósito (1957)
Bagnulo (1958–59)
Scarone (1959–61)
Guttmann (1962)
Anselmo (1962)
Máspoli (1963–67)
Milans (1968–69)
Brandão (1969–70)
Máspoli (1970–71)
Hohberg (1971)
Viera (1972)
Faccio (1972–73)
Bagnulo (1973–74)
Rodríguez (1974)
Bagnulo (1974–75)
Schiaffino (1975–76)
Máspoli (1976)
Sani (1977–80)
Tuane (1980)
Prais (1980^c)
Etchegoyen (1980)
Kistenmacher (1980^c)
Ghiggia (1980)
Cubilla (1981)
Bagnulo (1982–83)
Balseiro (1983)
H. Fernández (1984)
Máspoli (1985–86)
Silva (1986)
Tabárez (1987)
Mazurkiewicz (1988–89)
Roque (1989)
Fleitas (1989–90)
Menotti (1990–91)
Duarte (1991^c)
Ortiz (1991)
Petrović (1992)
Máspoli (1992^c)
Olivera (1992^c)
Faccio (1992)
Pérez (1993–95)
Fossati (1996)
Botello (1996)
Pérez (1997–98)
Ribas (1999–2001)
Pérez (2002)
Aguirre (2003–04)
Morena (2005)
Garisto (2006)
Saralegui (2006)
Pérez (2006–07)
Matosas (2007–08)
Saralegui (2008–09)
Ribas (2009)
Púa (2009^c)
Aguirre (2010)
Keosseián (2010)
Machín (2010^c)
Aguirre (2011)
Pérez (2011–12)
Da Silva (2012–13)
Alonso (2013)
Goncalvez (2013–14)
Fossati (2014)
Montero (2014^c)
Bengoechea (2015–16)
Da Silva (2016–)

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