Jack Greenwell

Football manager infobox
playername = Jack Greenwell


fullname = Jack Greenwell
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth = County Durham
countryofbirth = England
position =
years = 19xx-1912
1912-1916
clubs = Crook Town
FC Barcelona
caps(goals) =
88 (10)
manageryears =1917-1924
1917-1924
1926-1927
1931-1933
1933-1934
19xx-19xx
1939
1939
managerclubs =FC Barcelona
CD Castellón
RCD Español
FC Barcelona
Valencia CF
RCD Mallorca
Universitario de Deportes
Peru

Jack Greenwell (born County Durham, England) is a former English footballer and manager. He served as manager of FC Barcelona for seven consecutive seasons, a record that has only been beaten by Johan Cruyff and later had a second spell as FC Barcelona manager. In 1939 Greenwell became the only non-South American coach to date to win the South American Championship when he guided Peru to their first win. He also served as a manager with CD Castellón, RCD Español, Valencia CF, RCD Mallorca and Universitario de Deportes.

FC Barcelona

Before joining FC Barcelona, Greenwell, the son of a County Durham miner, played for Crook Town of the English Northern League. He made his debut as player for FC Barcelona on September 29 1912 in a 4-2 win over FC Espanya de Barcelona. In 1913 Greenwell arranged for his former team, Crook Town to play a series of games against FC Barcelona. The visiting English team beat them 4-2 and then held them to 1-1 and 2-2 draws. Together with a very young Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Bru and Romà Forns, Greenwell subsequently helped FC Barcelona win the Campionat de Catalunya in 1912/13 and 1915/16. After retiring as a player he was appointed manager of FC Barcelona by the club president, Joan Gamper, and made his managerial debut on July 7 1917 in a 3-1 win over CE Europa. He would eventually take charge of the club for 492 games and coached the club during their first "golden age". He survived early calls for his resignation after experimenting with Alcántara as a defender and went onto to lead the club to five Campionat de Catalunya and two Copa del Rey. After leaving the club in 1924, Greenwell returned to FC Barcelona for two further seasons in 1931, and guided the club to a sixth Campionat de Catalunya in 1931/32. As well as Alcántara the Barça team under Greenwell also included Sagibarbá, Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier, Félix Sesúmaga and Franz Platko.

RCD Español

After leaving FC Barcelona in 1924 Greenwell went onto manage their local rivals, RCD Español. In 1928 he led them into the inaugural La Liga but the club only managed to finish seventh. However RCD Español made up for their disappointing La Liga form by winning both the Campionat de Catalunya and their first ever Copa del Rey in 1929. With a team that included Ricardo Zamora and Ricardo Saprissa, Greenwell guided RCD Español through the early rounds beating Sporting de Gijón and Arenas Club de Getxo. In the quarter finals they beat Athletic Madrid 9-3 on aggregate before beating eventual La Liga champions, FC Barcelona, 3-1 in the semi-finals and Real Madrid 2-1 in the final. Greenwell remained in charge of RCD Español for one more season but failed to win another trophy.

Valencia CF

After leaving FC Barcelona for a second time, Greenwell joined Valencia CF for the 1933/34 season. The club only finished seventh in La Liga but won the "Campeonato de Valencia" and reached the Copa de España final. The game saw Greenwell face old acquaintances Samitier and Zamora, now playing for Real Madrid. The Madrid club, at the time known as Madrid CF, beat Valencia CF 2-1 in the final.

Peru

In 1939 Greenwell turned up in Peru as manager of both Universitario de Deportes and the national team. He coached Universitario as they won the national championship. The same year saw Peru host the South American Championship. Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil all withdrew before the competition started, so the remaining five countries, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru formed a single mini-league with each team playing all the others once. Uruguay and Peru both won their first three games so when they met in the final round, the game was effectively a final. Peru, guided by Greenwell, won 2-1 and become South American Champions.

Honours

FC Barcelona

"Player"

*Campionat de Catalunya: 2:
** 1912-13, 1915-16

"Manager"

*Copa del Rey: 2
** 1919-20, 1921-22
*Campionat de Catalunya: 6:
** 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1931-32

RCD Español

*Copa del Rey: 1
** 1928-29
*Campionat de Catalunya: 1:
** 1928-29

Valencia CF
* Campeonato de Valencia: 1
** 1933-34

Universitario de Deportes

*Peruvian Champions: 1
** 1939

Peru
*South American Champions: 1:
** 1939

External links

* [http://www.crooktownafc.co.uk/A%20Brief%20History.htm Greenwell at www.crooktownafc.co.uk]
* [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/club/historia/entrenadors/greenwell.html Jack Greenwell (history as Barça's first official coach)]
* [http://www.ciberche.net/historia/decada30/eng.1933-1934.html Greenwell at Valencia CF]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/entrenadores/historial.asp?ent=008 La Liga stats]
* [http://www.daleucampeon.4t.com/universitario_de_deportes1939.htm Greenwell at Universitario de Deportes]