František Fadrhonc
![]() Fadrhonc pictured in February 1974 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | František Fadrhonc | ||
Date of birth | December 18, 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Nymburk, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | October 9, 1981 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1949–1956 | Willem II | ||
1956–1962 | SC Enschede | ||
1962–1970 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
1970–1974 | Netherlands | ||
1974–1977 | AEK Athens | ||
1978–1979 | Panachaiki | ||
1980–1981 | Keravnos |
František Fadrhonc (December 18, 1914 – October 9, 1981) was a Czech football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He performed his coaching wonders, however, in the West, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch championship with Willem II Tilburg in 1952 and 1955,[1] he coached SC Enschede and Go Ahead Eagles.
In 1970, he took over the Netherlands national football team and was their coach as they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, besting, among others, their eternal rivals Belgium. However, it was Rinus Michels who took over in 1974 and who led them in the finals of that tournament.
Fadrhonc left the Netherlands for Greece to coach AEK Athens F.C. in the 1975–76 football season. He stayed until 1977. During that period, he led AEK to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1977.
In the UEFA Cup campaign of the 1976–77 season, he is credited with the substitution of regular goalkeeper Lakis Stergioudas with veteran Nikos Christidis in extra-time of the second leg of the encounter against QPR. His move was justified when Christidis stopped two penalties and AEK went through to the semi finals. He died aged 66 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
References
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- 1914 births
- 1981 deaths
- People from Nymburk
- Czech football managers
- Netherlands national football team managers
- AEK Athens F.C. managers
- Go Ahead Eagles managers
- Czechoslovak football managers
- Willem II (football club) managers
- Panachaiki F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Keravnos Strovolou FC managers