 Fadrhonc pictured in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1914-12-18)18 December 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Nymburk,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 1981(1981-10-09) (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 | ||
| 1978 | OFI | ||
| 1978–1979 | Panachaiki | ||
| 1980–1981 | AEK Athens (assistant) | ||
| 1981 | Keravnos | ||
František Fadrhonc (18 December 1914 – 9 October 1981) was a Czechfootballmanager, who was born inNymburk,Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic.
Fadrhonc coached many teams in Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. After winning the Dutch championship withWillem II Tilburg in 1952 and 1955,[1] he coachedSC Enschede andGo Ahead Eagles.
In 1970, he took over theNetherlands national team and was their coach as they qualified for the1974 FIFA World Cup, besting, among others, their rivalsBelgium. However, it wasRinus 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 coachAEK Athens.[2] With the support of the club's owner,Loukas Barlos he built a team that reached the semi-finals of theUEFA Cup in the 1977. In fact in the second leg of the quarter-finals againstQPR, while the match was leading to a penalty shoutout, Fadrhonc used his substitution to replace regular goalkeeper,Lakis Stergioudas with the veteranNikos Christidis. His move was justified since Christidis saved two penalties and AEK went through to the semi-finals.[3] Fadrhonc left AEK on 23 September 1977, due to the differences he had with Barlos.[4]
On 6 December 1977, he signed forOFI[5], with the deal becoming effective from 1 January 1978. On 26 June 1978, he became the manager ofPanachaiki,[6] until 19 March 1979, when he was fired.[7] On 21 March 1979 he returned to AEK and took change of the club's academies.[8] On 26 March 1980, when the rookieMiltos Papapostolou took charge of the bench of AEK, he became his assistant and he also assumed the position of the fitness coach.[9] With the removal of Papapostolou in the summer of 1981, he was removed as well.[10]
On 13 August 1981, with the help of an official of AEK, Vasos Chatziioanou, he was hired as the head coach ofKeravnos in Cyprus.[11] He died on 9 October at age of 66, shortly after his debut at the club.[12]
Willem II[13]