Vic Fernandez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Fernandez | ||
Date of birth | March 23, 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Argentina | ||
Date of death | February 17, 2020 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Salta, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–19?? | River Plate | ? | (?) |
19??–19?? | San Lorenzo | 2 | (0) |
19??–19?? | Deportivo Español | ? | (?) |
1963–1969 | Budapest/St George-Budapest | ? | (?) |
1977 | Canberra City | 4 | (0) |
International career | |||
1965 | New South Wales | 2 | (?) |
Managerial career | |||
19??–19?? | Canberra City | ||
198?–19?? | Inter Monaro | ||
19??–19?? | Canberra Metro | ||
1992 | Australia (caretaker) | ||
2001–2002 | Samoa | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Victor Fernandez (23 March 1939 – 17 February 2020) was an Argentine football player and manager who was caretaker manager of the Australian national team in 1992 and manager of Samoa from 2001 to 2002.
Personal life and playing career
[edit]Fernandez was born in 1939 in Argentina. In Argentina, he played for River Plate, San Lorenzo, and Deportivo Español, before moving to Australia and playing from 1963 to 1969 for Budapest, which became known as St George-Budapest during his time there, and in 1977 for Canberra City.
He died on 17 February 2020 in Argentina.
Managerial career
[edit]In Australia, Fernandez moved into management, and coached teams including Canberra City, Inter Monaro, and Canberra Metro. While coaching Canberra Metro in 1992, he was caretaker manager of the Australian national team for two A international games, one each against Malaysia and Indonesia, and two B internationals, one each against Thailand's and South Korea's youth teams. They won one and lost one of each category.[1] Fernandez went on to coach the Samoan national side from 2001 to 2002.
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Australia (caretaker) |
1992 | 1992 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |
References
[edit]- ^ "OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP™" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Vic Fernandez's profile on ozfootball.net
- Vic Fernandez at WorldFootball.net
- Australia men's national soccer team managers
- Samoa national football team managers
- 1939 births
- 2020 deaths
- Argentine expatriate football managers
- Argentine men's footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Deportivo Español footballers
- St George FC players
- Canberra City FC players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen