Teodoro Fernández

Teodoro Fernández
	Fernández with the Peru national team in 1937
Personal information
Full name	Teodoro Fernández Meyzán
Date of birth	20 May 1913
Place of birth	Cañete, Peru
Date of death	17 September 1996 (aged 83)
Place of death	Lima, Peru
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Universitario
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931–1953	Universitario
International career
1935–1947	Peru
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Peru
Bolivarian Games
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández Meyzán (20 May 1913 – 17 September 1996) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward. All his football work was carried out as a player of the Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian First Division. He was champion, best player and top scorer in the 1939 Copa América. He is the top idol of Universitario de Deportes and Peruvian First Division.^[2]

Fernández is the most emblematic player in the history of club Universitario de Deportes for which he played his whole career, winning six times the Primera División Peruana. Although he sporadically reinforced other clubs in friendly matches, clubs such as Alianza Lima and Colo-Colo, Fernández never represented a club other than Universitario in official competitions. Known as "El Cañonero" ("The Cannoneer") due to his excellence as a centre-forward and his strong shooting, Fernández was the Primera División Peruana top-scorer seven times.

Club career

Lolo was the seventh of Raymunda Meyzán and Tomas Fernández's eight children. He learned to play football in primary school and was soon picked up by local club Huracán de Hualcará where he immediately stood out. At the age of 16, his parents sent him to Lima to continue his studies. Lolo stayed with his brother Arturo Fernandez who was the goalkeeper for Ciclista Lima. When Arturo transferred to first-division Universitario de Deportes, he brought Lolo along to play a bit of football in training and introduced him to the club's president, former 1930 World Cup player Placido Galindo, who decided to sign him. Lolo would remain with the club during his 22 years as a professional footballer.^[3]

He made his professional debut with Universitario de Deportes in a friendly match against Club Deportivo Magallanes of Chile on 29 November 1931, scoring the game's only goal. In his first season (1932) he became Peruvian top scorer, the team finished second. The following year, the same feat was repeated.

The 1934 season saw Lolo lead the division in scoring, winning the Primera División Peruana trophy for the only second time in its history. Lolo obtained 6 local leagues as player in total, all with Universitario de Deportes: 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946 and 1949.

Several times during his career he rejected offers from teams such as in Chile, Argentina and Europe. Rumor has it Chile offered him a "blank check", for he to write in what he wished to be paid. He did not go with Chile. However, he represented Colo-Colo in friendly matches against the Argentine club Independiente in October 1940, alongside his compatriots César Socarraz, Pablo Pasache and his brother Arturo.^[4]

Lolo played his last game for Universitario on 30 August 1953 at the age of 40 in the Peruvian Super Classic during which he scored a hat-trick for a 4–2 win.

Lolo is the top goalscorer for Universitario with 161 goals in 180 matches.

International career

Lolo played for the Peru national football team from 1935 to 1947, and scored 24 goals in 32 matches. He is the fourth top scorer in history for his country.

In 1936, he represented Peru at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.^[5] Peru made its way into the quarterfinals after defeating Finland (7–2) and went on to beat Austria (4–2). Lolo Fernandez scored a total of 6 goals in the two games.^[6]

In the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Team Peru won gold.^[7]

In 1939, he won the Copa America with the national team.^[8] The final was played against Uruguay (2–1) which was arguably the best team in the world at the time, as Uruguay had won gold in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and had won the first World Cup in 1930.^[9]

Lolo was top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.

Championship	Venue	Position	Matches played	Goals scored
1935 Copa América	Peru	3º place	3	1
1936 Summer Olympics	Germany	Quarter-final	2	6
1937 Copa América	Argentina	6º place	4	2
1938 Bolivarian Games	Colombia	Gold medal	4	3
1939 Copa América	Peru	Champion	4	7
1941 Copa América	Chile	4º place	4	3
1942 Copa América	Uruguay	5º place	6	2
1947 Copa América	Ecuador	5º place	3	0
Total			32	24

Peru-Chile XI (Combinado del Pacífico)

Fernández was part of the "Combinado del Pacífico" (Peru-Chile XI) a squad of Peruvian and Chilean footballers of Alianza Lima, Atlético Chalaco, Colo-Colo and Universitario de Deportes that played 39 friendly matches in Europe between September 1933 and March 1934 against teams such as FC Barcelona, Celtic FC, Hearts FC, Newcastle United FC, West Ham United FC and FC Bayern Munich. With 48 goals, Fernández was the team's main goalscorer during the European tour.^[10]

Club

Season	Team	Title
1934	Universitario	Peruvian League
1939	Universitario	Peruvian League
1941	Universitario	Peruvian League
1945	Universitario	Peruvian League
1946	Universitario	Peruvian League
1949	Universitario	Peruvian League

Country

Peru national team
Season	Title
1938	Bolivarian Games
1939	South American Championship

Individual awards

Peruvian League: Top Scorer 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1945, 2019^[11]
1939 South American Championship: Best Player
1939 South American Championship: Top Scorer

Records

3rd place of all-time Copa America goal scorers, 15 goals.^[12]
All-time top scorer of the Peruvian Super Classic, 29 goals.
Peruvian league top-scorer for a record seven times.
Highest individual scoring rate per Olympic match, 5 goals.^[13]
Most capped Peruvian player in the history of the Copa America, 24 matches^[14]
Top goalscorer in Universitario de Deportes's history, 156 goals.

Personal life

He was the middle brother of the professional footballers Arturo, also a Peruvian international, and Eduardo Fernández.^[15] They also were the uncles of the footballers José, Jorge and Carlos Fernández.^[16]

Statistics

Career

Team	Goals	Matches	Goal average
Universitario de Deportes	161	180	0.87
Pacific All-Stars Team	48	39	1.23
Peru National Team	24	32	0.75
Total	228	251	0.91

International goals

Scores and results table. Peru's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 January 1935	Lima, Peru	Argentina	1–0	1–4	1935 Copa America
2.	4 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Finland	1–0	7–3	1936 Summer Olympics
3.	4 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Finland	2–0	7–3	1936 Summer Olympics
4.	4 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Finland	3–0	7–3	1936 Summer Olympics
5.	4 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Finland	4–1	7–3	1936 Summer Olympics
6.	4 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Finland	6–1	7–3	1936 Summer Olympics
7.	8 August 1936	Berlin, Germany	Austria	1–0	4–2	1936 Summer Olympics
8.	27 December 1936	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	1–2	2–3	1937 Copa America
9.	6 January 1937	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–1	2–4	1937 Copa America
10.	16 April 1938	Bogota, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	4–2	1938 Bolivarian Games
11.	10 May 1938	Bogota, Colombia	Colombia	3–1	4–2	1938 Bolivarian Games
12.	21 May 1938	Bogota, Colombia	Bolivia	1–0	3–0	1938 Bolivarian Games
13.	15 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Ecuador	1–0	5–2	1939 Copa America
14.	15 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Ecuador	3–0	5–2	1939 Copa America
15.	15 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Ecuador	5–1	5–2	1939 Copa America
16.	22 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Chile	1–0	3–1	1939 Copa America
17.	22 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Chile	2–1	3–1	1939 Copa America
18.	29 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Paraguay	1–0	3–0	1939 Copa America
19.	29 January 1939	Lima, Peru	Paraguay	2–0	3–0	1939 Copa America
20.	23 February 1941	Santiago, Chile	Ecuador	1–0	4–0	1941 Copa America
21.	23 February 1941	Santiago, Chile	Ecuador	2–0	4–0	1941 Copa America
22.	23 February 1941	Santiago, Chile	Ecuador	4–0	4–0	1941 Copa America
23.	21 January 1942	Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	1–2	1–2	1942 Copa America
24.	25 January 1942	Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–1	1–3	1942 Copa America

Honours

Teodoro Fernández was recognized and honored in his lifetime and afterward. At the 27 October 1952 inauguration of Estadio Nacional del Perú, he received from the government the highest honors bestowed on an athlete. President Manuel Odría (1948–56),^[17] bestowed on him the Laureles Deportivos en Primera Clase for his outstanding career in Peruvian soccer.^[18] The Club Universitario de Deportes named their stadium after him.^[19] This stadium was opened officially 20 July of the same year with a friendly match against the University of Chile. The municipal stadium of the city of San Vicente de Cañete, on the central coast of Peru,^[20] is also named after him, along with a section of the Maison de Santé clinic where he spent the last months of his life.^[21]

The Peruvian composer Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor dedicated his work Lolo Fernández^[22] to Fernández. Another work in his honor is the dance El Taita Lolo Fernández with music by Alcides Carreño and lyrics by Fernando Soria.^[23] In September 1996, one week following his passing, a banner was displayed with the phrase "Lolo Hasta Siempre Alianza Presente"^[24] during a match between Ciclista Lima and Alianza Lima, who are known college rivals. On 17 September 1997, during a match against Sporting Cristal in the Clausura tournament of that year, the university's players wore jerseys with Fernández's image printed on the chest.^[25] In 2013, during a celebration of the centennial of his birth, the Chermany Inks: La Kasa Roja gallery presented an exposition of paintings done by nine artists in honor of Fernández.

References

^ "Carrer". Depor.pe. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ FIFA, ed. (2011). "El primer ídolo de La U y de todo Perú". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
^ One-club man
^ "Cheque en falso: Lolo Fernández y un nuevo mito derrumbado". BI (in Spanish). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Teodoro Fernández". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ XI. Olympiad Berlin 1936 Football Tournament
^ 1938 Bolivarian Games
^ Southamerican Championship 1939
^ "Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez: The One Club Man That Angered Hitler". bleacherreport.com. 6 October 2008.
^ "ESPECIALES»COMBINADO DEL PACÍFICO". labandadeodriozola.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
^ "Primera División Peruana: Top Scorer". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Copa America; Top Scorers (up to 2007)
^ Highest individual scoring per Olympic match
^ Copa America; JUGADORES CON MAS PARTIDOS Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Eduardo 'Lolín' Fernández: El gran hermano" (in Spanish). De Chalaca. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011.
^ Behr, Raúl (16 June 2012). "José Fernández: El linaje ante todo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Manuel A. Odría | president of Peru". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "El Comercio.COM.PE". 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Universitario de Deportes". Universitario de Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ Tang, Phillip (2016). Lonely Planet Peru: Top Sights, Authentic Experiences. Lonely Planet Global Limited.
^ "Lolo Fernández: La leyenda crema". 25 May 2019.
^ "Lolo Fernández, Historia de la polca de Don Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor". RPP (in Spanish). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "musicacriollacomposiciones". 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "'Lolo' para el Perú entero – De Chalaca | Futbol para el que la conoce". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Con la leyenda en el pecho – De Chalaca | Futbol para el que la conoce". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

External links

[1] "Carrer". Depor.pe. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

[2] FIFA, ed. (2011). "El primer ídolo de La U y de todo Perú". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

[3] One-club man

[4] "Cheque en falso: Lolo Fernández y un nuevo mito derrumbado". BI (in Spanish). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[5] "Teodoro Fernández". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[6] XI. Olympiad Berlin 1936 Football Tournament

[7] 1938 Bolivarian Games

[8] Southamerican Championship 1939

[9] "Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez: The One Club Man That Angered Hitler". bleacherreport.com. 6 October 2008.

[combinado-10] "ESPECIALES»COMBINADO DEL PACÍFICO". labandadeodriozola.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[11] "Primera División Peruana: Top Scorer". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[12] Copa America; Top Scorers (up to 2007)

[13] Highest individual scoring per Olympic match

[14] Copa America; JUGADORES CON MAS PARTIDOS Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[15] "Eduardo 'Lolín' Fernández: El gran hermano" (in Spanish). De Chalaca. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011.

[16] Behr, Raúl (16 June 2012). "José Fernández: El linaje ante todo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[17] "Manuel A. Odría | president of Peru". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[18] "El Comercio.COM.PE". 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[19] "Universitario de Deportes". Universitario de Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[20] Tang, Phillip (2016). Lonely Planet Peru: Top Sights, Authentic Experiences. Lonely Planet Global Limited.

[21] "Lolo Fernández: La leyenda crema". 25 May 2019.

[22] "Lolo Fernández, Historia de la polca de Don Lorenzo Humberto Sotomayor". RPP (in Spanish). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[23] "musicacriollacomposiciones". 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[24] "'Lolo' para el Perú entero – De Chalaca | Futbol para el que la conoce". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[25] "Con la leyenda en el pecho – De Chalaca | Futbol para el que la conoce". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

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Teodoro Fernández

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