Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera Gavilán (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈlenjo eˈreɾa ɣaβiˈlan]; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentine-French football player and manager.

Helenio Herrera
Herrera with Inter Milan during the 1964–65 season
Personal information
Full name Helenio Herrera Gavilán
Date of birth (1910-04-10)10 April 1910
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 9 November 1997(1997-11-09) (aged 87)
Place of death Venice, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Roches Noires
1931–1932 Racing Casablanca
1932–1933 CASG Paris
1933–1935 Stade Français
1935–1937 Charleville
1937–1939 Excelsior Roubaix
1940–1942 Red Star Olympique
1942–1943 Stade Français
1943–1944 EF Paris-Capitale
1944–1945 Puteaux
Teams managed
1944–1945 Puteaux
1945–1948 Stade Français
1948–1949 Real Valladolid
1949–1952 Atlético Madrid
1952 Málaga
1953 Deportivo de La Coruña
1953–1957 Sevilla
1957–1958 Belenenses
1958–1960 Barcelona
1960–1962 Spain
1960–1968 Inter Milan
1966–1967 Italy
1968–1970 Roma
1973–1974 Inter Milan
1978–1979 Rimini
1979–1981 Barcelona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his managerial career, Herrera won four La Liga titles in Spain (with Atlético Madrid and Barcelona) and three Serie A titles in Italy with Inter.

He is seen as one of the greatest managers of all time.[1]

Managerial statistics
As of match played on 24 March 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Stade Français France 5 August 1945 30 June 1948 122702230057.38
Real Valladolid Spain 4 July 1948 22 June 1949 2610214038.46
Atlético Madrid Spain 23 June 1949 28 December 1952 115551941047.83
Deportivo de La Coruña Spain 19 January 1953 19 July 1953 21939042.86
Sevilla Spain 1 August 1953 28 July 1957 138721650052.17
Belenenses Portugal 13 August 1957 25 April 1958 19946047.37
Barcelona Spain 25 April 1958 30 May 1960 94711013075.53
Inter Milan Italy 9 July 1960 30 June 1968 3431948663056.56
Spain Spain 13 March 1959 21 April 1960 6501083.33
Spain Spain 26 May 1962 7 June 1962 3102033.33
Italy (Technical Commission) Italy 1 November 1966 2 March 1967 4310075.00
Roma Italy 9 July 1968 5 April 1971 114374730032.46
Roma Italy 29 August 1971 10 April 1973 62232019037.10
Inter Milan Italy 19 July 1973 5 February 1974 241275050.00
Rimini Italy 5 March 1979 30 April 1979 8134012.50
Barcelona Spain 6 March 1980 18 June 1980 13643046.15
Barcelona Spain 6 November 1980 12 June 1981 362466066.67
Total 1,148602250296052.44

Honours

Manager

Atlético Madrid

  • La Liga: 1949–50, 1950–51
  • Copa Eva Duarte: 1950

Barcelona

Inter Milan

Roma

Individual

  • Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2015[2]
  • Greatest Manager of All Time – one of 5 managers[3] ranked top 10 by France Football, World Soccer and ESPN[4]
    • 4th place (World Soccer): 2013[5][6]
    • 5th place (ESPN): 2013[1]
    • 7th place (France Football): 2019[7]

References
  1. "Greatest Managers, No. 5: Herrera". ESPN FC. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. Along with Alex Ferguson, Rinus Michels, Valeriy Lobanovskyi and Arrigo Sacchi
  4. "Валерій Лобановський потрапив до компанії найкращих тренерів усіх часів: на якому місці легенда «Динамо»" (in Ukrainian). Fakty i Kommentarii. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
  6. Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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