Terry Venables, the English coach who took the lead Barça to conquer the League in 1984-85 after 11 seasons of drought, he died this Sunday at the age of 80 after a long illness. A full English international on two occasions after making his debut in 1964 and coach of the ‘pros’ (1994-96), Terry arrived at Barcelona in the campaign after Diego Armando Maradona left Naples to replace César Luis Menotti and was at the club for three full seasons (1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87) before being dismissed at the start of the fourth (1987–88) and replaced by Luis Aragonés. A penalty shootout loss against Steaua Bucharest in the infamous final in Seville prevented him from becoming coach of the first European Cup in Barça’s history, which did not come until six years later at Wembley with Johan Cruyff on the bench.
His coaching career began at Crystal Palace (1976-80) and also took him to Queens Park Rangers (1980-84), Tottenham Hotspur (1987-91), where he reunited with Gary Lineker, the English team (1994 -96). ). ), the Australian national team (1997-98), Crystal Palace (1998-99), Middlesbrough (2000-01) alongside Bryan Robson, Leeds United (2002-03) and ended up as assistant to Steve McClaren when the team of England (2006-07).
Source: La Verdad
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