Ignacio Quereda
{{short description|Spanish football coach (born 1950)}}
{{family name hatnote|Quereda|Laviña|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
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|fullname = Ignacio Quereda Laviña
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|7|24|df=y}}{{UEFA coach|42767|Ignacio Quereda|accessdate=7 June 2012}}
|birth_place = Madrid, Spain
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|position = Right winger
|currentclub =
|youthyears1 = 1968–1969
|youthclubs1 = Real Madrid
|manageryears1 = 1988–2015
|managerclubs1 = Spain women
|manageryears2 = 2002–2008
|managerclubs2 = Spain U-19 women
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Ignacio Quereda Laviña (born 24 July 1950) is a Spanish football coach who managed the Spain women's national football team between 1988 and 2015.
Playing career
Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was two weeks old.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoy.es/20090306/deportes/futbol/chicas-capaces-hacer-cosas-20090306.html|title=Hay chicas capaces de hacer las cosas que hacía Zidane|work=Hoy.es|date=6 March 2009|access-date=9 June 2012|first=Marco A.|last=Rodriguez|language=es}} 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 División club CD Móstoles.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/news/019f-0e109d33844a-f78b30f1ad56-1000--spain-set-daunting-goal/|title=Spain set daunting goal|publisher=UEFA|date=12 July 2004|access-date=7 June 2012}}
Coaching career
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.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/womensworldcup/story/wwc-spain-reason-for-lack-of-success-coach-ignacio-querada-063011|title=Why Spain is absent from the World Cup|work=FOX Soccer|date=30 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2012|first=Jennifer|last=Doyle}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SeFutbol/status/510817720980766720|title=La @SeFutbol Femenina se clasifica POR PRIMERA VEZ para un MUNDIAL (0-2)|via=Twitter|date=13 September 2014|access-date=13 September 2014}} He also led the national Under-19 squad to a win in the 2004 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=108/edition=8311/news/newsid=94483.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122220116/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=108/edition=8311/news/newsid=94483.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2013|title=Quereda: "We'll fight all the way in Thailand"|publisher=FIFA|date=18 October 2004|access-date=7 June 2012}}
In May 2011 Laura del Río, 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 Río, many other players had also refused to play for Quereda.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/womensworldcup/story/wwc-spain-reason-for-lack-of-success-coach-ignacio-querada-063011|title=Why Spain is absent from the World Cup|work=FOX Soccer|date=30 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2012|first=Jennifer|last=Doyle}}
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.[http://www.publico.es/deportes/229732/a-la-gresca-por-la-nueva-superliga Quarrel because of the new Superliga]. Público, 3 June 2009 The reform was cancelled two years later.[http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2011/09/01/mas_futbol/1314858437_850215.html The women's league is reinvented while waiting for the TV]. AS, 1 September 2011
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.{{cite news|title=Women's World Cup: Spain players call for coach to be sacked|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33209289|access-date=20 June 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 June 2015}} His resignation was confirmed after 139 matches (38.13% win) on 30 July 2015.{{cite news|last1=Saffer|first1=Paul|title=Vilda in as Quereda ends 27-year Spain reign|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0223-0e1615c83ad5-b7f6e2720578-1000--vilda-in-as-quereda-ends-27-year-spain-reign/|access-date=30 July 2015|publisher=UEFA|date=30 July 2015}}
References
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