.jpg) Carlos Fanta in 1923. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Carlos Fanta Tomaszewski | ||
| Date of birth | (1890-08-21)21 August 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Chillán, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 8 December 1964(1964-12-08) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1905 | Industrial F.C. | ||
| 1905–1907 | Internado Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1905 | Santiago National | ||
| 1906–1907 | Magallanes | ||
| 1908–1911 | Santiago National | ||
| 1912–1919 | Internado | ||
| International career | |||
| 1913 | Chile | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1916 | Chile | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luis Carlos Fanta Tomaszewski (21 August 1890 – 8 December 1964), known asCarlos Fanta, was aChileanfootball player,manager,referee,director of football, journalist, and pharmacist.
Fanta belonged to a German-Polish family. Both his father, Carlos Sr., and his mother, Alma, were distinguished professors who came to Chile in 1888 recruited by thePresident of ChileJosé Manuel Balmaceda along with their four children: Margarita, Olga, Federico and Kurt. InSantiago, they worked in the educational system reform of theEscuelas Normales (Normal school), moving after toChillán where Carlos and his younger brother, Alfredo, were born. Carlos attended primary school at theLiceo de Chillán until 1905.[1]
In 1905, Fanta moved to Santiago and attended theInternado Nacional until 1907, getting a degree inBachiller de Humanidades. In 1909 he graduated asPE teacher at theInstituto de Educación Física (Physical Education Institute). Then, he attendedUniversity of Chile and graduated as a Pharmacist in 1917.[1]
Fanta was a goalkeeper. While studying in secondary school, he was with Industrial F.C. of Chillán (1905) andInternado Nacional Football Club of Santiago (1905–1907), becoming theteam captain. Internado Nacional Football Club was founded in 1902 by the same Carlos alongside the teachers Leonardo Matus and Jorge Breñas.[2] Along with Internado Nacional, he won theCopa Municipal 1907 of theAsociación Arturo Prat. At the same time, he played for bothSantiago National (1905) andMagallanes (1906–1907) and did track and field, also winning several medals.
After ending secondary school, he returned to Santiago National for 4 seasons (1908–1911). As a student ofUniversity of Chile, he played in the firstClásico Universitario – and the following matches – against the team of theCatholic University of Chile on 1 November 1909.
Alongside former students of Internado Nacional and students of theUniversity of Chile, he participated in the foundation of the Club Atlético Internado – laterClub Universidad de Chile – on 25 March 1911, becoming the President. After the club joinedAsociación de Football de Santiago in 1912, he joined the first team until 1915. From 1916 to 1919, he played for the second team until his retirement.
At international level, Fanta took part of intercity matches representingSantiago versusValparaíso, by which players were selected for theChile national team. Fanta was called up to the Chile preliminary squad that would faceArgentina in May 1910 in the context of theMay Revolution centenary, but finally he didn't take part of the final squad.[3]
In 1913, he participated as both the delegation secretary and referee in a tour of theChile national team in Brazil, but also played in a match againstLiga Campista. The result was a 7–0 win.[1]
Parallel to the fact that he was a sportsman, he performed as a referee. From 1905 to 1910, he refereed matches ofAsociación Arturo Prat, then was an official referee ofAsociación de Football de Santiago. In the 1913 tour in Brazil, he went with theChile national team as a referee, taking part in three matches: againstBrazil andAmerica FC in Rio de Janeiro and againstLiga Paulista in São Paulo.[1]
About theSouth American Championships, he took part in four editions:1916,1917,1920 and1924. In both 1916 and 1924 editions, he refereed the final match betweenArgentina andUruguay. As a curiosity, the 1916 final match on 16 July was suspended at the beginning due to the fact the "Estadio G.E.B.A." was burned by people unable to gain entry due to undercapacity. So the match was restarted the next day in theStadium of Racing Club.[4][2]
At national level, in 1933 he refereed thefirst final of the Chilean professional football betweenMagallanes andColo-Colo. As an important achievement, he unified the Referees Association of Chile.[1]
Unofficially coaching teams from 1911, in the1916 South American Championship – where he performed as a referee – he became the firstChile national team manager.[5] He coached the matches against Uruguay (loss, 4–0), Argentina (loss, 6–1) and Brazil (draw, 1–1). Also, he coached Chile in the friendly matches against Argentina (loss, 1–0) and Uruguay (loss, 4–1) in July 1916.[6][4]
Fanta was a prolific sports leader who held several managerial charges in both football and other sports:[1]
Despite not having formally studied journalism, he began his career in the newspaperLa Mañana (The Morning) in 1914, becoming the director of the sports section until 1916. Also worked as a reporter for both sports magazinesMatch andLos Sports.[2] The next year he joinedLa Nación until his retirement from the activity, creating the sports section. As a correspondent, he went to several international competitions, like1928 Summer Olympics, where he was withManuel Plaza who won the first Olympic medal for Chile.[1]
While he was a college student, he performed as a deputy inspector – and later as a PE teacher – at theInternado Nacional. Outside of sports, he worked as a public official in theMinistry of Health (Drugstores Inspector), theMinistry of Defense and theMinistry of Finance (Administrator and Director of Control and Statistics of the Port Exploitation). In addition to this, he was the owner of theBotica Fanta (Fanta Drugstore) in Santiago, what was managed by his wife, Rosa Núñez, with whom had five children: María, Mario, Carlos, Enrique and Alma.
He died of a heart attack on 8 December 1964 and was laid to rest in theSantiago General Cemetery.[1]
