František Fadrhonc

Eredivisie

Fadrhonc began his managerial career in 1949 at the bench of Willem II, where he won the Championship in 1952 and 1955. In 1956 he signed for SC Enschede staying at the bench of the club until 1962, when he became the manager of Go Ahead Eagles until 1970.

Netherlands national football team

In 1970, Fadrhonc took over the Netherlands national team. Under his management in 1974 they managed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup after 36 years, besting their rivals Belgium among others. However, in the tournament Rinus Michels took over the bench of the team with Fadrhonc remaining as his assistant. The duo led the Netherlands in the final of that tournament losing to West Germany.

AEK Athens

On 2 August 1974, after the end of the World Cup, Fadrhonc moved to Greece and signed for AEK Athens. With the support of the president, Loukas Barlos he built a team that reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1977. In fact in the second leg of the quarter-finals against QPR, while the match was leading to a penalty shoutout, Fadrhonc used his substitution to replace regular goalkeeper, Lakis Stergioudas with the veteran Nikos Christidis. His move was justified since Christidis saved two penalties and AEK went through to the semi-finals. On 23 September 1977 Fadrhonc was removed from the bench AEK, due to the differences he had with Barlos regarding the planning of the future roster.

Later career in Greece

On 6 December 1977, he…

Willem II

Netherlands Football League Championship: 1951–52, 1954–55