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Spanish football coach (born 1950)
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Quereda
and the second or maternal family name is
Lavina
.
Ignacio Quereda Lavina
(born 24 July 1950) is a Spanish
football
coach who managed the
Spain women's national football team
between 1988 and 2015.
Playing career
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Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in
Badajoz
where his family moved when he was two weeks old.
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He was a right?winger in
Real Madrid
's youth teams and represented victorious Spain teams in the
1973
and
1975
editions of the
World University Games
. After obtaining his coaching certificate, he was Spain's assistant coach at the
1979 World University Games
and spent a period in charge of
Tercera Division
club
CD Mostoles
.
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Coaching career
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The
Royal Spanish Football Federation
(RFEF) appointed Quereda as women's national team coach in 1988, a position he has held until 2015, which makes him one of the longest serving football coaches of all time. This has led to criticisms to the RFEF of indifference for the women's national team.
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Under his management the Spanish team has qualified for the
European Championships
in
1997
and
2013
. In 2014, the team qualified for their first
World Cup
after defeating Romania 2?0 in qualifiers.
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He also led the national Under-19 squad to a win in the
2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
.
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In May 2011
Laura del Rio
, a striker with 40 goals in 39 caps for Spain, said that she would never play for the national team again while Quereda was still in charge. According to del Rio, many other players had also refused to play for Quereda.
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As an RFEF official, in 2009, he launched a controversial reform of the
Superliga Femenina
, expanding it from 16 to 24 teams in a two-stage three-group format, despite the opposition of most teams and players in the championship.
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The reform was cancelled two years later.
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In
2015
, Quereda guided Spain to their first ever
FIFA Women's World Cup
. After Spain's poor performance and early elimination from the tournament in Canada, the entire 23-player squad publicly called for him to be sacked.
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His resignation was confirmed after 139 matches (38.13% win) on 30 July 2015.
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