Ignacio Trelles

Ignacio Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and manager. As a player with Club Necaxa, they won three Mexican championships. Later he coached amongst others the Mexico national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Telles and the second or maternal family name is Campos.
Ignacio Trelles
Trelles in 1961
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Trelles Campos
Date of birth (1916-07-31)31 July 1916
Place of birth Guadalajara, Mexico
Date of death 24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 103)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1943 Necaxa
1943–1945 América
1946–? Monterrey
1948 Chicago Vikings
1948 Atlante
Managerial career
1950–1951 Zacatepec
1953–1954 Club Deportivo Marte
1954–1958 Zacatepec
1957 Mexico (assistant)
1958–1960 América
1960–1969 Mexico
1966–1972 Toluca
1972–1975 Puebla
1975 Mexico
1976–1982 Cruz Azul
1983–1985 Atlante
1986–1989 UDG
1990–1991 Puebla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A seasoned and decorated manager, Trelles managed 1083 club matches, with 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses. He took Cruz Azul to consecutive México Primera División (Mexico First Division) championships, 1979 and 1980; a feat the team has yet to repeat.[2]

Early life

Trelles was born in Guadalajara. As a child, he was very athletic, engaging in many different sports. In his teenage years, Trelles's family relocated to San Miguel Chapultepec where he regularly played football in the streets.[1]

Club career

Trelles made his senior debut with Club Necaxa in 1934. The club won the Mexican Primera División three times, in 1934–35, 1936–37 and 1937–38 and the Copa MX once, in 1934–35.[3][4]

In 1943, after nine years at Necaxa, Trelles joined the ranks of Club América and played with the Las Águilas (The Eagles) for three years before moving to C.F. Monterrey in 1946. In 1948 he played in the United States with the Chicago Vikings.[3][4] He retired from playing in February 1948 with Atlante F.C., having suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg.[1][3][4]

Coaching career

He had seven tenures as coach of the Mexico national football team in 106 international matches[5] and was in charge of the Mexico squads at two FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1962[6] and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup when they defeated Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. At the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Mexico finished eleventh, which was their best ranking in a World Cup outside home soil until 2002 where they also ranked eleventh.

Later life

Trelles turned 100 in July 2016.[7] He died of a heart attack on 24 March 2020 at the age of 103, in Mexico City.[8][9]

Honours

Player

Necaxa

Manager

Marte

Zacatepec

Toluca

Cruz Azul

Atlante

  • CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1983

Mexico

References
  1. Jiménez, Oscar (25 March 2020). "Nacho Trelles: una leyenda del futbol mexicano que inició con 75 pesos". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. Interview with Ignacio Trelles by Carlos Hernández (in Spanish)
  3. Garcia, Mike (25 March 2020). "¿Quién fue Ignacio Trelles?". Esto (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. "¿Quién era Nacho Trelles? El hombre que llevó al Cruz Azul a la gloria". Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. Mamrud, Roberto (23 August 2018). "Ignacio Trelles Campos - International Matches as Coach". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. Mexico dig deep in Asuncion
  7. "100 años de Don 'Nacho' Trelles" (in Spanish). sopitas.com. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. Murió Ignacio Trelles a los 103 años, mítico entrenador del fútbol mexicano (in Spanish)
  9. Don Ignacio Trelles "murió en paz y en casa" (in Spanish)
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