Juan Schwanner, ''János Schwanner'' (5 February 1921 – 8 May 2015
Elhunyt Schwanner János
) was a Hungarian–Chilean football player and manager.
Personal life
Schwanner was born János Schwanner in Hungary to parents of Hungarian and Chilean descent. While playing football in Chile he took up Chilean citizenship and adopted the Spanish name Juan.
Playing career
After stints with Hungarian clubs Schwanner moved to Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...
in Brazil. He later moved to Chile where he played for Audax Italiano
Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...
and Colo Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional Association football, football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have List of unrelegated a ...
.
Managerial career
Schwanner coached Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...
, Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. , New Zealand
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, Luzern
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Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
, Zürich
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and Melbourne Hakoah
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The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade wa ...
.
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1921 births
2015 deaths
Sportspeople from Szombathely
Hungarian footballers
Sportspeople of Chilean descent
Hungarian emigrants to Chile
Citizens of Chile through descent
Chilean people of Hungarian descent
Chilean people of Austrian descent
Chilean footballers
CR Flamengo footballers
Audax Italiano footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Hungarian football managers
Hungarian expatriate football managers
Chilean football managers
Chilean expatriate football managers
Grazer AK managers
Club Brugge KV managers
New Zealand national football team managers
FC Luzern managers
FC Zürich managers
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Expatriate football managers in Austria
Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Expatriate association football managers in New Zealand
Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
Expatriate soccer managers in Australia
Naturalized citizens of Chile
Association footballers not categorized by position
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