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Francisco Olazar
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Olazar
Date of birth	10 July 1885
Place of birth	Quilmes, Argentina
Date of death	21 September 1958 (aged 73)
Place of death	Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
	Club Mariano Moreno
1908–1910	Racing Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1910–1922	Racing Club
International career
1916–1921	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Olazar (10 July 1885 – 21 September 1958) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played as a central midfielder.

At club level, Olazar spent his entire career playing for Racing Club, winning eight Primera División league titles and eight national cups. He also played for and managed the Argentina national team, being the manager at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

He was regarded as one of the best Argentine centre-half of this time.^[1]

Career

Player

Olazar was born in Quilmes.^[2] He first played at Mariano Moreno, a small club in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires.^[2] In 1908, he joined Racing Club, where he started playing at youth level.^[2]

Playing as a central midfielder, Olazar was an integral part of the Racing Club team that was known for their playing style and success,^[3] winning seven consecutive Primera División titles from 1913 to 1919,^[3] a record that still stands.^[4] He was one of the Racing Club's most notable players because of his technique and strength in recovering the ball.^[2]^[3] He also captained the team during the successful spell.^[3] He scored a total of 37 goals playing for Racing Club.^[2]

He played for the Argentina national team on 17 occasions, including appearances at the first two Copa América tournaments in 1916 and 1917.^[5]

Manager

After retiring as a player, Olazar turned to coaching and managed the Argentina team that won the Copa América in 1929.^[6] He was also the team's coach of the team that participated in the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, where he and technical director Juan José Tramutola managed La Albiceleste to second place behind hosts Uruguay.^[7]

Honours

Player

Racing Club^[2]

Primera División (8): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921
Copa de Honor: 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917
Copa Ibarguren: 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917
Copa de Honor Cousenier: 1913
Copa Aldao: 1917, 1918

Manager

Argentina

Copa América: 1929
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1930

References

^ "1927. Reportaje a Francisco Olazar". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ídolos: Francisco Olázar". Racing Club - Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ferreira, Fernando (10 July 2017). "Hace 122 años nacía Francisco Olazar". El Primer Grande (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Racing Club 1913-1919. El único heptacampeón del fútbol argentino". Xenen (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Francisco Olazar". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ Tabeira, Martín (25 February 2011). "Southamerican Championship 1929". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "95 historias de la selección en los mundiales". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 30 May 2014.