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{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fernando Paternoster
| image = Fernando paternoster.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Paternoster in 1928
| fullname = Fernando Paternoster
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1903|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Pehuajó]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1967|6|6|1903|5|24}}
| death_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Left Back]]
| youthyears1 = 1919–1921
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]
| years1 = 1921–1926
| years2 = 1927–1932
| years3 = 1930
| years4 = 1936
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]
| clubs2 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| clubs3 = → [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] (loan)
| clubs4 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| caps1 = ?
| caps2 = 27
| caps3 = 0
| caps4 = 1
| goals1 = ?
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1928–1930
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1938
| managerclubs1 = [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
| manageryears2 = 1948
| managerclubs2 = [[América de Cali|América]]
| manageryears3 = 1948–1951
| managerclubs3 = [[Atlético Nacional]]
| manageryears4 = 1954–1956
| managerclubs4 = Atlético Nacional
| manageryears5 = 1956–1957
| managerclubs5 = Atlético Nacional
| manageryears6 = 1962–1966
| managerclubs6 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1929 South American Championship|1929 Argentina]]|[[1929 South American Championship squads#Argentina|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Runnerup|[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 Uruguay]]|[[1930 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]] | [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Fernando Paternoster''' (24 May 1903 – 6 June 1967) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Association football|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. He played for the [[Argentina national football team]] and helped promote football across South America in countries such as [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]].

==Playing career==

===Club===

Paternoster started his career in the youth team of [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]] in 1919. He made his breakthrough into the first team in 1921.<ref>[http://www.sentimientobohemio.com.ar/150_seleccion.htm Sentimento Bohemio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918111452/http://www.sentimientobohemio.com.ar/150_seleccion.htm |date=18 September 2007 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In 1926 Paternoster joined [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] where he played until 1932. Between 1930 and 1931, he was loaned for free by Racing to [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] to play for the club in a Pan-American tour that took them from [[Chile]] to the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.velezsarsfield.net/club/historia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908154010/http://www.velezsarsfield.net/club/historia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2009 |title=Historia del Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield |publisher=VelezSarsfield.net |language=es |access-date=2010-10-27 }}</ref>

In 1936 he made a single appearance for [[Argentinos Juniors]].

===National team===

Paternoster was part of the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] squad that finished runner-up to [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] in the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Olympic football tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23953 |title=Fernando Paternoster |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> He played in the [[1929 South American Championship]], helping Argentina win the title.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-sachamp.html rsssf: Argentina Copa America squad 1929]</ref> In 1930 he was again in an Argentine 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.

==Managerial career==

Paternoster became the coach of Colombian team [[Millonarios Fútbol Club|Club Municipal de Deportes]] in 1937. In 1938, he was selected to become manager of the [[Colombia national football team]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/col-coach-triv.html rsssf: Colombia national team coaches]</ref> He managed Deportivo Manizales in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Revista Estadio |author=Serna, Carlos Julio |title=Recordando a Fernando Paternóster Giammatteo (Carlos Julio Serna) |trans-title=Remembering Fernando Paternóster Giammatteo (Carlos Julio Serna) |url=http://capsulas.com.co/recordando-a-fernando-paternoster-giammatteo/ |language=es |access-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119161327/http://capsulas.com.co/recordando-a-fernando-paternoster-giammatteo/ |archive-date=19 January 2013 }}</ref> In 1954, he led [[Atlético Nacional]] to the [[Categoría Primera A|Colombian league championship]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/atl-nacional.html rsssf: Atlético Nacional]</ref> In his later years, he worked to promote football in Ecuador, serving as manager of [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] in the 1960s. He led the team to the national championship in 1965.<ref>[http://www.emelexista.com/directores-tecnicos-de-emelec-a-traves-de-la-historia/ Emelexista] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Racing'''
* [[Copa Beccar Varela|Copa de Honor]]: 1932

'''Argentina'''
* [[Copa América]]: [[South American Championship 1929|1929]]
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Results|Summer Olympics]] Silver Medal: [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]
* [[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]

===Manager===
;Atlético Nacional
*[[Categoría Primera A]] (1): [[1954 Campeonato Profesional|1954]]

;Emelec
*[[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Futbol]] (1): [[1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|1965]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Fernando Paternoster}}
*{{FIFA player|55993}}
*{{BDFA|<!-- FERNANDO-PATERNOSTER- -->6131|Fernando Paternoster}}
*{{SR/Olympics profile}}

{{Argentina Squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
{{Argentina squad 1929 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina Squad 1930 World Cup}}
{{Categoría Primera A winning managers}}
{{Colombia national football team managers}}
{{América de Cali managers}}
{{Atlético Nacional managers}}
{{Independiente Medellín managers}}
{{C.S. Emelec managers}}

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[[Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires Province]]
[[Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Atlanta footballers]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers]]
[[Category:Argentinos Juniors footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Argentina]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Argentina]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine football managers]]
[[Category:Colombia national football team managers]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
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[[Category:Argentine people of German descent]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
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