František Fadrhonc
 Fadrhonc pictured in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 December 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Nymburk, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 1981 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1949–1956 | Willem II | ||
| 1956–1962 | SC Enschede | ||
| 1962–1970 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| 1970–1974 | Netherlands | ||
| 1974–1977 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1977–1978 | AEK Athens Academy | ||
| 1978–1979 | Panachaiki | ||
| 1980–1981 | AEK Athens (assistant) | ||
| 1981 | Keravnos | ||
František Fadrhonc (18 December 1914 – 9 October 1981) was a Czech football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic. He coached many teams in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch championship with Willem II Tilburg in 1952 and 1955,[1] he coached SC Enschede and Go Ahead Eagles.
In 1970, he took over the Netherlands national team and was their coach as they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, besting, among others, their rivals Belgium. However, it was Rinus Michels who took over in 1974 and who led them in the finals of that tournament.
On 2 August 1974 Fadrhonc left the Netherlands and moved to Greece to coach AEK Athens.[2] With the support of the club's owner, Loukas Barlos he built a team that reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1977. In fact in the second leg of the quarter-finals against QPR and while the match was leading to a penalty shoutout, Fadrhonc used his substitution in order to replace regular goalkeeper Lakis Stergioudas with the veteran Nikos Christidis. His move was justified when Christidis stopped two penalties and AEK went through to the semi-finals.[3][4] He left AEK on 23 September 1977, due to the differences he had with Barlos,[5] but returned after a while to take over the club's academies. In 1978 he became the manager of Panachaiki for a season, before again returning to AEK, this time as an assistant of Miltos Papapostolou. With the removal of Papapostolou in the summer of 1981, he was removed as well.
In 13 August 1981, with the help of an official of AEK, Vasos Chatziioanou, he was hired as the head coach of Keravnos in Cyprus.[6] He died on 9 October at age of 66, shortly after his debut at the club.
Honours
Willem II[7]
References
- ^ "C1". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Μιχάλης Κορομβόκης (3 August 1974). "Συνεργασία Φάντροκ, Μπάρλου, Αρκάδη". Athetic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.
- ^ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (9 October 2022). "Η μέρα που έφυγε ο «παππούς» της ΑΕΚ, ο χαμός του Φράντισεκ Φάντροκ". enwsi.gr.
- ^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ έχανε τον 'Παππού' της". sport24.gr.
- ^ Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης (24 September 1977). "Ο Μίλιανιτς και ο Τσάκνατυ". Athetic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 6.
- ^ Στράτος Σεφτελής (14 August 1981). "Μαύρος: Δεν νοιώθω κανένα «δέος»!". Athetic Echo (in Greek). p. 3.
- ^ "Feiten En Trivia". Willem-ii.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2023.