Teodoro Fernández Explained

Teodoro Fernández
Fullname:Teodoro Fernández Meyzán
Height:1.80NaN0
Birth Date:20 May 1913
Birth Place:Cañete, Peru
Death Place:Lima, Peru
Years1:1931–1953
Clubs1:Universitario[1]
Caps1:180
Goals1:156
Nationalyears1:1935–1947
Nationalcaps1:32
Nationalgoals1:24

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]

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

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. However, he represented Colo-Colo in friendly matches against the Argentine club Independiente in October 1940, alongside his compatriots César Socarraz, Pablo Pasache and his brother Arturo.[4]

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 161 goals in 180 matches.

International career

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.[5] 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.[6]

In the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Team Peru won gold.[7]

In 1939, he won the Copa America with the national team.[8] 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.[9]

Lolo was top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

ChampionshipVenuePositionMatches playedGoals scored
1935 Copa América3º place31
1936 Summer OlympicsQuarter-final26
1937 Copa América6º place42
1938 Bolivarian GamesGold medal43
1939 Copa AméricaChampion47
1941 Copa América4º place43
1942 Copa América5º place62
1947 Copa América5º place30
Total 32 24

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.[10]

Club

SeasonTeamTitle
1934Peruvian League
1939Peruvian League
1941Peruvian League
1945Peruvian League
1946Peruvian League
1949Peruvian League

Country

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

Individual awards

Records

Personal life

He was the middle brother of the professional footballers Arturo, also a Peruvian international, and Eduardo Fernández. They also were the uncles of the footballers José, Jorge and Carlos Fernández.

Statistics

Career

TeamGoalsMatchesGoal average
Universitario de Deportes1611800.87
Pacific All-Stars Team 48391.23
Peru National Team24320.75
Total2282510.91

International goals

Scores and results table. Peru's goal tally first:

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 January 1935 1–0 1–4 1935 Copa America
2. 4 August 1936 1–0 7–3 1936 Summer Olympics
3. 4 August 1936 2–0 7–3 1936 Summer Olympics
4. 4 August 1936 3–0 7–3 1936 Summer Olympics
5. 4 August 1936 4–1 7–3 1936 Summer Olympics
6. 4 August 1936 6–1 7–3 1936 Summer Olympics
7. 8 August 1936 1–0 4–2 1936 Summer Olympics
8. 27 December 1936 1–2 2–3 1937 Copa America
9. 6 January 1937 1–1 2–4 1937 Copa America
10. 16 April 1938 1–0 4–2 1938 Bolivarian Games
11. 10 May 1938 3–1 4–2 1938 Bolivarian Games
12. 21 May 1938 1–0 3–0 1938 Bolivarian Games
13. 15 January 1939 1–0 5–2 1939 Copa America
14. 15 January 1939 3–0 5–2 1939 Copa America
15. 15 January 1939 5–1 5–2 1939 Copa America
16. 22 January 1939 1–0 3–1 1939 Copa America
17. 22 January 1939 2–1 3–1 1939 Copa America
18. 29 January 1939 1–0 3–0 1939 Copa America
19. 29 January 1939 2–0 3–0 1939 Copa America
20. 23 February 1941 Santiago, Chile 1–0 4–0 1941 Copa America
21. 23 February 1941 Santiago, Chile 2–0 4–0 1941 Copa America
22. 23 February 1941 Santiago, Chile 4–0 4–0 1941 Copa America
23. 21 January 1942 1–2 1–2 1942 Copa America
24. 25 January 1942 1–1 1–3 1942 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),[15] bestowed on him the Laureles Deportivos en Primera Clase for his outstanding career in Peruvian soccer.[16] The Club Universitario de Deportes named their stadium after him.[17] 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,[18] is also named after him, along with a section of the Maison de Santé clinic where he spent the last months of his life.[19]

The Peruvian composer Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor dedicated his work Lolo Fernández[20] to Fernández. Another work in his honor is the dance El Taita Lolo Fernández with music by Alcides Carreño and lyrics by Fernando Soria.[21] In September 1996, one week following his passing, a banner was displayed with the phrase "Lolo Hasta Siempre Alianza Presente"[22] 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.[23] 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carrer. Depor.pe. 15 April 2014. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175935/http://depor.pe/futbol-peruano/conoce-numeros-lolo-fernandez-universitario-noticia-906372. dead.
  2. Web site: FIFA. 2011. El primer ídolo de La U y de todo Perú. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928210214/http://es.fifa.com/news/y=2011/m=9/news=primer-idolo-todo-peru-1511921.html. dead. 28 September 2015. 15 October 2011.
  3. [List of one-club men in association football|One-club man]
  4. Web site: Cheque en falso: Lolo Fernández y un nuevo mito derrumbado . BI . 19 February 2024 . es . 7 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Teodoro Fernández . Olympedia . 23 September 2021.
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1936f-det.html XI. Olympiad Berlin 1936 Football Tournament
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bolivarianos.html 1938 Bolivarian Games
  8. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/39safull.html Southamerican Championship 1939
  9. Web site: Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez: The One Club Man That Angered Hitler. bleacherreport.com. 6 October 2008.
  10. Web site: ESPECIALES»COMBINADO DEL PACÍFICO . labandadeodriozola.com . es . 26 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110601084808/http://www.labandadeodriozola.com/portal/especiales/combinado-del-pacifico/ . 1 June 2011 .
  11. Web site: Primera División Peruana: Top Scorer . 10 February 2009 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124017/http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Ravine/8914/goleadores.html . 27 October 2009 .
  12. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachamp.html Copa America; Top Scorers (up to 2007)
  13. http://www.iffhs.de/?3eca43394e837cc2c03f4d85fc8f15285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edaca3e4d47215 Highest individual scoring per Olympic match
  14. http://www.hoy.com.ec/especial/futbol/futbol04.htm#seis Copa America; JUGADORES CON MAS PARTIDOS
  15. Web site: Manuel A. Odría president of Peru. Encyclopedia Britannica. en. 21 February 2019.
  16. Web site: El Comercio.COM.PE. https://web.archive.org/web/20110829232627/http://elcomercio.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2007-07-26/ImEcDeporte0759528.html. dead. 29 August 2011. 29 August 2011. 21 February 2019.
  17. Web site: Universitario de Deportes. Universitario de Deportes. es. 21 February 2019.
  18. Book: Tang, Phillip. Lonely Planet Peru: Top Sights, Authentic Experiences. Lonely Planet Global Limited. 2016.
  19. Web site: Lolo Fernández: La leyenda crema. 25 May 2019.
  20. Web site: Lolo Fernández, Historia de la polca de Don Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor. RPP. 19 May 2013. es. 21 February 2019.
  21. Web site: musicacriollacomposiciones. https://web.archive.org/web/20070306002304/http://www.boletindenewyork.com/musicacriollacomposiciones.htm. dead. 6 March 2007. 6 March 2007. 21 February 2019.
  22. Web site: 'Lolo' para el Perú entero – De Chalaca Futbol para el que la conoce. dechalaca.com. 21 February 2019.
  23. Web site: Con la leyenda en el pecho – De Chalaca Futbol para el que la conoce. dechalaca.com. 21 February 2019.