- Heriberto Herrera
Heriberto Herrera Udrizal (
April 24 ,1926 –July 26 ,1996 ) was a former football coach and former player. He was nicknamed "Iron Sergeant", due to his inflexible behaviour.He was born in
Guarambaré ,Paraguay and died inAsunción ,Paraguay .Career as a player
He played for
Club Nacional of Paraguay and for several Spanish teams. While playing for theParaguay national football team he led the team to win the 1953Copa América againstBrazil and was named the best player of the tournament. He later played one game for theSpain national football team in 1957.Career as a coach
As a coach, he managed Spanish team (
Elche CF and Spanish giantValencia CF among them) and Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan.He coached Juventus from 1964 to 1969, winning onescudetto in the 1966/67 season and oneCoppa Italia in the 1964/65 season. Herrera ranks second in most games as a Juventus coach with 162 (Giovanni Trapattoni is first with 402games) [http://bianconeri.tripod.com/didyouknow.html] .As the coach of Internazionale he finished second in the 1969/70 season of the
Serie A .External links
* [http://user1.7host.com/MyJuve/Allenatori/Tabellino.asp?16 Heriberto Herrera coaching stats at Juventus]
* [http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=271 Fútbol en la Red profile]
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