Teodoro Fernández

Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández Meyzán (20 May 1913 – 17 September 1996) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward. All his football work was carried out as a player of the Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian First Division. He was champion, best player and top scorer in the 1939 Copa América. He is the top idol of Universitario de Deportes and Peruvian First Division.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Meyzán.

Teodoro Fernández
Fernández with the Peru national team in 1937
Personal information
Full name Teodoro Fernández Meyzán
Date of birth 20 May 1913
Place of birth Cañete, Peru
Date of death 17 September 1996(1996-09-17) (aged 83)
Place of death Lima, Peru
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Universitario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1953 Universitario[1] 180 (156)
International career
1935–1947 Peru 32 (24)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place1938 Bogotá
Copa América
Winner1939 Lima
Third place1935 Lima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernández is the most emblematic player in the history of club Universitario de Deportes for which he played his whole career, winning six times the Primera División Peruana. Although he sporadically reinforced other clubs in friendly matches, clubs such as Alianza Lima and Colo-Colo, Fernández never represented a club other than Universitario in official competitions. Known as "El Cañonero" ("The Cannoneer") due to his excellence as a centre-forward and his strong shooting, Fernández was the Primera División Peruana top-scorer seven times.

Club career
Fernandez in his last professional match with Universitario de Deportes in 1953

Lolo was the seventh of Raymunda Meyzán and Tomas Fernández's eight children. He learned to play football in primary school and was soon picked up by local club Huracán de Hualcará where he immediately stood out. At the age of 16, his parents sent him to Lima to continue his studies. Lolo stayed with his brother Arturo Fernandez who was the goalkeeper for Ciclista Lima. When Arturo transferred to first-division Universitario de Deportes, he brought Lolo along to play a bit of football in training and introduced him to the club's president, former 1930 World Cup player Placido Galindo, who decided to sign him. Lolo would remain with the club during his 22 years as a professional footballer.[3]

He made his professional debut with Universitario de Deportes in a friendly match against Club Deportivo Magallanes of Chile on 29 November 1931, scoring the game's only goal. In his first season (1932) he became Peruvian top scorer, the team finished second. The following year, the same feat was repeated.

The 1934 season saw Lolo lead the division in scoring, winning the Primera División Peruana trophy for the only second time in its history. Lolo obtained 6 local leagues as player in total, all with Universitario de Deportes: 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946 and 1949.

Several times during his career he rejected offers from teams such as in Chile, Argentina and Europe. Rumor has it Chile offered him a "blank check", for he to write in what he wished to be paid. He did not go with Chile.

Lolo played his last game for Universitario on 30 August 1953 at the age of 40 in the Peruvian Super Classic during which he scored a hat-trick for a 4–2 win.

Lolo is the top goalscorer for Universitario with 156 goals in 180 matches.

International career
Peru football team that took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Front Row: Magallanes, Alcalde, Teodoro Fernández, Morales, and Villanueva. Back Row: Tovar, Lavalle, Valdivieso, Arturo Fernández, Castillo, Jordán, and Coach Alberto Denegri.

Lolo played for the Peru national football team from 1935 to 1947, and scored 24 goals in 32 matches. He is the fourth top scorer in history for his country.

In 1936, he represented Peru at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.[4] Peru made its way into the quarterfinals after defeating Finland (7–2) and went on to beat Austria (4–2). Lolo Fernandez scored a total of 6 goals in the two games.[5]

In the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Team Peru won gold.[6]

In 1939, he won the Copa America with the national team.[7] The final was played against Uruguay (2–1) which was arguably the best team in the world at the time, as Uruguay had won gold in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and had won the first World Cup in 1930.[8]

Lolo was top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

Championship Venue Position Matches played Goals scored
1935 Copa América  Peru 3º place 3 1
1936 Summer Olympics  Germany Semifinal 2 6
1937 Copa América  Argentina 6º place 4 2
1938 Bolivarian Games  Colombia Gold medal 4 3
1939 Copa América  Peru Champion 4 7
1941 Copa América  Chile 4º place 4 3
1942 Copa América  Uruguay 5º place 6 2
1947 Copa América  Ecuador 5º place 3 0
Total3224

Peru-Chile XI (Combinado del Pacífico)

Fernández was part of the "Combinado del Pacífico" (Peru-Chile XI) a squad of Peruvian and Chilean footballers of Alianza Lima, Atlético Chalaco, Colo-Colo and Universitario de Deportes that played 39 friendly matches in Europe between September 1933 and March 1934 against teams such as FC Barcelona, Celtic FC, Hearts FC, Newcastle United FC, West Ham United FC and FC Bayern Munich. With 48 goals, Fernández was the team's main goalscorer during the European tour.[9]

Teodoro Fernández
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 1938 Bolivarian Games NA

Club
Season Team Title
1934UniversitarioPeruvian League
1939UniversitarioPeruvian League
1941UniversitarioPeruvian League
1945UniversitarioPeruvian League
1946UniversitarioPeruvian League
1949UniversitarioPeruvian League

Country
Peru national team
Season Title
1938Bolivarian Games
1939South American Championship

Individual awards

Records

Statistics

Career
Team Goals Matches Goal average
Universitario de Deportes1561800.87
Pacific All-Stars Team48391.23
Peru National Team24320.75
Total2282510.91

International goals
Scores and results table. Peru's goal tally first:
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 January 1935Lima, Peru Argentina1–01–41935 Copa America
2.4 August 1936Berlin, Germany Finland1–07–31936 Summer Olympics
3.4 August 1936Berlin, Germany Finland2–07–31936 Summer Olympics
4.4 August 1936Berlin, Germany Finland3–07–31936 Summer Olympics
5.4 August 1936Berlin, Germany Finland4–17–31936 Summer Olympics
6.4 August 1936Berlin, Germany Finland6–17–31936 Summer Olympics
7.8 August 1936Berlin, Germany Austria1–04–21936 Summer Olympics
8.27 December 1936Buenos Aires, Argentina Brazil1–22–31937 Copa America
9.6 January 1937Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay1–12–41937 Copa America
10.16 April 1938Bogota, Colombia Colombia1–04–21938 Bolivarian Games
11.10 May 1938Bogota, Colombia Colombia3–14–21938 Bolivarian Games
12.21 May 1938Bogota, Colombia Bolivia1–03–01938 Bolivarian Games
13.15 January 1939Lima, Peru Ecuador1–05–21939 Copa America
14.15 January 1939Lima, Peru Ecuador3–05–21939 Copa America
15.15 January 1939Lima, Peru Ecuador5–15–21939 Copa America
16.22 January 1939Lima, Peru Chile1–03–11939 Copa America
17.22 January 1939Lima, Peru Chile2–13–11939 Copa America
18.29 January 1939Lima, Peru Paraguay1–03–01939 Copa America
19.29 January 1939Lima, Peru Paraguay2–03–01939 Copa America
20.23 February 1941Santiago, Chile Ecuador1–04–01941 Copa America
21.23 February 1941Santiago, Chile Ecuador2–04–01941 Copa America
22.23 February 1941Santiago, Chile Ecuador4–04–01941 Copa America
23.21 January 1942Montevideo, Uruguay Brazil1–21–21942 Copa America
24.25 January 1942Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina1–11–31942 Copa America

Honours

Teodoro Fernández was recognized and honored in his lifetime and afterward. At the 27 October 1952 inauguration of Estadio Nacional del Perú, he received from the government the highest honors bestowed on an athlete. President Manuel Odría (1948–56),[14] bestowed on him the Laureles Deportivos en Primera Clase for his outstanding career in Peruvian soccer.[15] The Club Universitario de Deportes named their stadium after him.[16] This stadium was opened officially 20 July of the same year with a friendly match against the University of Chile. The municipal stadium of the city of San Vicente de Cañete, on the central coast of Peru,[17] is also named after him, along with a section of the Maison de Santé clinic where he spent the last months of his life.[18]

The Peruvian composer Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor dedicated his work Lolo Fernández[19] to Fernández. Another work in his honor is the dance El Taita Lolo Fernández with music by Alcides Carreño and lyrics by Fernando Soria.[20] In September 1996, one week following his passing, a banner was displayed with the phrase "Lolo Hasta Siempre Alianza Presente"[21] during a match between Ciclista Lima and Alianza Lima, who are known college rivals. On 17 September 1997, during a match against Sporting Cristal in the Clausura tournament of that year, the university's players wore jerseys with Fernández's image printed on the chest.[22] In 2013, during a celebration of the centennial of his birth, the Chermany Inks: La Kasa Roja gallery presented an exposition of paintings done by nine artists in honor of Fernández.

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