Fermín Lecea

Fermín Lecea
Personal information
Full name	Fermín Díaz de Lecea López de Echazarreta
Date of birth	September 25, 1905
Place of birth	Zalduondo, Basque Country, Spain
Date of death	August 24, 1989
Place of death	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Calzada de Rosario
Senior career*
Years	Team
1926–1927	Calzada de Rosario
1928–1931	Newell's Old Boys
1932–1940	Independiente
1941	Tigre
1943–1945	Santiago Wanderers
1946	Unión Española
Managerial career
1943–1945	Santiago Wanderers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fermín Díaz de Lecea López de Echazarreta (1905–1989), known as Fermín Lecea, was a Spanish-Argentine footballer, who played as defender in Club Atlético Independiente.^[2] He won the first championship of Independiente in the professional era.^[3]

Career

Fermín Lecea was born in Spain, and settled in Argentina at a young age. He began his career in Newell's Old Boys.^[4] One of his most memorable matches in the Newell's team, was in the Victory 2–0 against Torino F.C., match played on August 15, 1929, in Rosario, Argentina.^[5]

Lecea debuted in Argentine club Independiente in 1932, playing the final against River Plate this year. He won the championships of 1938 and 1939 and was captain of the same team.^[6]

Fermín Lecea finished his career playing for Club Atlético Tigre. Since 1948 to 1954 (except 1951) he served as coach of Rosario Central.^[7]^[8]

Titles

Newell's Old Boys

Liga Rosarina de Football: 1929

Independiente

References

^ Casale, Torito. "El Vasco Lecea". Medium. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ Simpatía por el diablo: Una historia de ídolos y campeones con la camiseta roja, Juan Tejedor, November 2013, ISBN 9789500745772
^ Todo es historia, Números 354-359, Todo es Historia, 1997, 1997
^ Newell's siempre trajo jugadores de los países de la Conmebol. Cichero completó el mapa, La Capital^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Hacemos memoria: Hoy 1929, Rosario Fútbol
^ "El Vasco" Lecea, campeón con Independiente 1938/39, Raúl Ramírez - La Capital de Mar del Plata
^ Central-Newells: cómo les fue cada vez que se reencontraron tras volver del descenso, Infobae
^ Durhand, Carlos (2010). "Historia en Azul y Amarillo". Diario la Capital: 21 to 27.

External links

Fermín Lecea at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
clubaindependiente.com
http://rosariofutbol.com/noticias/futbol/52902-hacemos-memoria-hoy-1930.htm

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[1] Casale, Torito. "El Vasco Lecea". Medium. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[2] Simpatía por el diablo: Una historia de ídolos y campeones con la camiseta roja, Juan Tejedor, November 2013, ISBN 9789500745772

[3] Todo es historia, Números 354-359, Todo es Historia, 1997, 1997

[4] Newell's siempre trajo jugadores de los países de la Conmebol. Cichero completó el mapa, La Capital^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] Hacemos memoria: Hoy 1929, Rosario Fútbol

[6] "El Vasco" Lecea, campeón con Independiente 1938/39, Raúl Ramírez - La Capital de Mar del Plata

[7] Central-Newells: cómo les fue cada vez que se reencontraron tras volver del descenso, Infobae

[8] Durhand, Carlos (2010). "Historia en Azul y Amarillo". Diario la Capital: 21 to 27.

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