Nelson Ernesto Filpo Núñez is a perfect stranger for the Argentine football. Also for many Brazilians. However, it is a lost link between the beautiful jago and ours. Argentine Birth, was an archer with few opportunities in First, arrived asking for work to Brazilian lands and also, almost unintentionally and by chance, one day he directed the powerful Brazilian selected.
This Monday, by formalizing that the Italian Carlo Ancelotti It will be the third foreigner in history to be located in the Bank of Substitute of Brazil, the memory of the Argentine coach appears as a rarity in the rich history of the world’s pentacampeon, which in addition to Filpo Núñezalso had a Portuguese coach, but in a pair with a Brazilian. Both directed few games. Before and after, the coach’s post was always for the locals.
Rebuilding history as a Filpo Nuñez player is not easy. He was an archer and at least played A game in AFA football. Born on August 19, 1920 in the city of Buenos Aires, his first club was a student Porteño, First Division champion in 1931 and 1934, who at that time still played in AFA. The current entity of Ramos Mejía has a Buenos Aires origin, then had its court in Ciudadela Norte until it definitely settled in Ramos, but far from the official football that was disregarded in 1937.
Filpo Núñez was 17 years old when Porteño’s student played his last year at AFA, So he did not debut first there. His name appears only in 1942 in Arc de Acassuso, which at that time played in the Second Division. On June 13, for the 10th. Date of the tournament, started in the 1-1 draw with workshops in climbing remedies, replacing the owner Antonio Musso. It was debut and farewell.
According to some chronicles, already in 1947, With 27 years, he was coach of Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza. It became a globetrotter. He walked through Ecuador (there he received a physical trainer), Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Portugal, and thanks to his friendship with the Brazilian Tim, he settled in Brazil in the mid -50s.
He directed Cruzeiro, Guaraní de Campinas, to Juabaqara, but was consecrated with Palmeiras, whom he directed in three stages (1964-65, 1968-69 and 1978-79). In 1965, for those things of destiny, he officially led a game to the Brazilian teamwho had been world champion in Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962.
However, it came from a resounding failure such as the Cup of Nations played in 1964, to celebrate 50 years of the birth of the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD), a tournament in which Argentine champion was crowned, after winning the three games (2-0 to Portugal, 3-0 to Brazil and 1-0 to England).
The official coach was Vicente Feolathe same that commanded the first title in 1958. However, the CBF directive decided that for the friendly match of September 7, 1965, at the opening parties of the Government Magalhães Pinto stadium, the popular Mineirao, the Mengao represented the Scratch, which had no activity since July 4, when he beat 3-0 to Unión Soviet with two goals from Pelé and one Flavio
Filpo Nuñez’s greatest success was with Palmeiras in 1964-65.The Palmeiras changed the traditional green to the green yell. The players and the technician. AND There was Filpo Nuñez, who put these 11 players on the court: Waldir; DJALMA SANTOS, Djalma Dias; Valdemar Carbine, Ferrari, Dudu; Ademir da Guia, Julinho I, Servilio II, Tupazinho y Rinaldo. Luego Entreron Picasso, Procopio, Zequinha II, Germano, Ademar Pantera y Dario. Brazil Gano 3-0 with Rinaldo), Tupãzinho, Germano.
Before that, in 1944, the Portuguese Jorge Gomez de Lima, known as Joreca, led two games in the duo with the Brazilian Flavio Costa. They were two friendlies against Uruguay, both won by Brazil: 6-1 in Rio de Janeiro and 4-0 in San Pablo.
In 1972 he directed Libertad de Paraguay, in 1973 he returned to Argentina, hired by Lanús, who played in First B, already early 1974 arranged with Vélez Sarsfield, already in the First Division. As soon as he assumed, in a note with Clarín, he said: “It happened in 1965. I was Dt. Del Palmeiras and this whole team was designated for the selection of the CBD. I then had the honor of being the only foreign technician who led the Brazilian team. In that game we won 3-0 to Uruguay.”
Filpo Nuñez with Clarín, in 1974, when he assumed in Vélez.He returned to Brazil, returned to Argentina to lead Atlanta in 1987, and died in San Pablo, on March 6, 1999. He lived in the Heliopolis area, in the Paulista city, and some time later the community of the neighborhood, as a tribute, tribute, He gave his name to the sports center located in the Rua Freire Brayner, behind the 95 district.