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Óscar Rendoll Gómez
Personal information
Date of birth	26 August 1916
Place of birth	Punta Arenas, Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team
1940	Deportivo Español
Managerial career
	Unión Española (youth)
1946–1947	Panama
1951–1952	Panama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Rendoll Gómez (born 26 August 1916) was a Chilean football manager. He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along with Óscar Suman (1949), Néstor Valdés (1969), Hugo Tassara (1972–1973) and Renato Panay (1976–1977).^[1]

Career

Born in Punta Arenas, Chile, Rendoll Gómez played football at amateur level in local clubs such as Deportivo Español.^[2] Then he made a coach course for three years and graduated as a football manager and next worked in the Unión Española youth system until 1946 when he moved to Panama supported by Panamanian Football Federation.^[3] The manager of the Panama national team in the late 1940s^[4] and early 1950s,^[5] he's best known for winning the nation's first international title; the CCCF Championship in 1951. Previously Rendoll Gómez had led the national football team at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games, ending the competition with a runner-up medal.^[6]

Rendoll Gomez led Panama in the 1952 Panamerican Championship,^[7] where the team faced Chile, the team of his country of birth, by first time.^[3] The result was a 6–1 loss.^[8]

As a curiosity, he used to request help to trading houses and supermarkets to get a suitable food for players.^[9]

In 1950, it was founded the first Panamanian referees association with Rendoll Gómez as Honorary President.^[10]

Other works

At the same time he studied to become a football manager, he studied and graduated as a PE teacher^[3] at the Physical Education Institute of the University of Chile. In Panama, he was well renowned by his contributions in this area,^[11] attending to several conferences in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Venezuela,^[12] Uruguay, among other countries in Latin America.^[13]

Personal life

As a high school student, he was nicknamed Negro (Black)^[14] and was elected as Rey Feo (Ugly King/Carnaval King) of the Spring Carnival of Magallanes.^[2]

Honours

CCCF Championship (1): 1951

References

^ Ampa, Rebeca; Schiappacasse, Aldo (13 June 2016). "EyN: Los chilenos que futbolizaron Panamá". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Lucida presentación realizó el equipo del Club Frigorífico Bories de Natales" [Outstanding arrival made by the team of the Club Frigorífico Bories de Natales] (PDF). Crónica Magallánica (in Spanish). Punta Arenas, Chile: 7. 24 December 1940. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "El chileno que dirigió a Panamá en el primer duelo en 1952" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Maestre, Julio E. (13 December 1947). "SERAN CASTIGADOS LOS FUTBOLISTAS QUE NO IBAN A LAS PRACTICAS" [THEY WILL BE PUNISHED FOOTBALL PLAYERS NOT GOING TO PRACTICE] (PDF). La Hora. Panama City, Panama: 11. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "PANAMÁ - Brasil 13/04/1952". Sambafoot (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "¿Quién será el director técnico 38.º?" (in Spanish). PanamaAmerica.com. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "El equipo de Panamá verá jugar mañana al seleccionado de Chile frente a Cali" [The Panama team will watch the Chilean team playing against Cali tomorrow] (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 11. 4 March 1952. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "[16/03/1952] Chile-Panamá 6:1". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ de Gracia, René (22 March 2022). "Nuestro Fútbol". www.anpanama.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Moreno, Eduardo (19 April 2006). "Hasta siempre "Gitano"". portal.critica.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ""EL INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION FISICA OE CHILE ESTA HACIENDO ESCUELA EN LA AMERICA DEL SUR"" [THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF "UNIVERSITY OF CHILE" IS INFLUENCING IN SOUTH AMERICA] (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 21. 1 May 1947. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Consolidando 'canales' y profundizando la circulación de saberes y expertos: El caso del XVII Congreso Panamericano de Educación Física, Panamá 1999" [Consolidating 'channels' and deepening the circulation of knowledge and experts: The case of the XVII Pan-American Congress of Physical Education, Panama 1999] (PDF). Revista Contacto (in Spanish). Quilmes, Argentina: 4–5. August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "La FIEP en Latinoamérica" [FIEP in Latin America] (PDF). FIEP Bulletin (in Spanish). Argentina: 4. 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "REMEMBRANZAS DEL 6° AÑO DE HUMANIDADES DEL AÑO 1940" [MEMORIES OF THE 1940 6TH DEGREE OF HUMANITIES] (PDF). Germinal (in Spanish). Punta Arenas, Chile: 19. 1 September 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2022.