Fernando Paternoster

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Fernando Paternoster
Personal information
Date of birth	May 24, 1903(1903-05-24)
Place of birth	Pehuajó, Argentina
Date of death	June 6, 1967 (Aged 64)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1919-1921	Atlanta
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1921-1926 1927-1932 1936	Atlanta Racing Club Argentinos Juniors	? (?)  ? (?) 1 (0)
National team
1928-1930	Argentina	16 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Fernando Paternoster (May 24, 1903 – June 6, 1967) was an Argentine footballer and manager who played for Argentina and helped promote football across South America in countries such as Colombia and Ecuador.

Paternoster started his career in the youth team of Club Atlético Atlanta in 1919. He made his breakthrough into the first team in 1921.^[1]

In 1926 Paternoster joined Racing Club de Avellaneda where he played until 1932.

Paternoster was part of the Argentina squad that finished as runners up to Uruguay in the 1928 Olympic football tournament. He played in the Copa América 1929 helping Argentina to win the title^[2]. In 1930 he was again in an Argentina team that finished as runner up to Uruguay, this time in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He made a total of 16 appearances for Argentina.

In 1936 he made a single appearance for Argentinos Juniors.

[edit] Managerial career

Paternoster became the coach of Colombian team Millonarios in 1937, in 1938 he was selected to become manager of the Colombia national football team^[3]. In 1954 he led Atlético Nacional to the Colombian League Championship^[4]. In his later years he worked to promote football in Ecuador, serving as manager of Emelec in the 1960s where he led them to the national championship in 1965.^[5]

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[edit] References

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup Runners-up GK Bossio • GK Botasso • FW Cherro • DF Chividini • FW Demaría • DF Della Torre • DF J. Evaristo • FW M. Evaristo • FW Ferreira • MF Monti • DF Muttis • DF Orlandini • DF Paternoster • FW Perinetti • FW Peucelle • DF Piaggio • FW Scopelli • FW Spadaro • FW Stábile • MF Suárez • FW Varallo • DF Zumelzú • Coach: Olazar & Tramutola

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