Béla Guttmann
Guttmann in 1953
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Béla Guttmann | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 1981 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Playing position | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1917–1919 | Törekvés SE | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1921 | MTK Hungária | ||
| 1922–1926 | Hakoah Wien | 96 | (8) |
| 1926 | Brooklyn Wanderers | ||
| 1926–1929 | New York Giants | 83 | (2) |
| 1929–1930 | New York Hakoah | 21 | (0) |
| 1930 | New York Soccer Club | 22 | (0) |
| 1931–1932 | Hakoah All-Stars | 50 | (0) |
| 1932–1933 | Hakoah Wien | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1921–1924 | Hungary | 4 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1933–1935 | SC Hakoah Wien | ||
| 1935–1937 | Enschede | ||
| 1937–1938 | Hakoah Wien | ||
| 1938–1939 | Újpest | ||
| 1945 | Vasas | ||
| 1946 | Ciocanul Bucharest | ||
| 1947 | Újpest | ||
| 1947–1948 | Kispest | ||
| 1949–1950 | Padova | ||
| 1950–1951 | Triestina | ||
| 1953 | Quilmes | ||
| 1953 | APOEL | ||
| 1953–1955 | Milan | ||
| 1955–1956 | Vicenza | ||
| 1956–1957 | Honvéd | ||
| 1957–1958 | São Paulo | ||
| 1958–1959 | Porto | ||
| 1959–1962 | Benfica | ||
| 1962 | Peñarol | ||
| 1964 | Austria | ||
| 1965–1966 | Benfica | ||
| 1966–1967 | Servette | ||
| 1967 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1973 | Austria Wien | ||
| 1973 | Porto | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Béla Guttmann (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈɡutmɒnː]; 27 January 1899 – 28 August 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. He played as a midfielder for MTK Hungária FC, SC Hakoah Wien, Hungary and several clubs in the United States. However he is perhaps best remembered as a coach and manager of AC Milan, São Paulo FC, FC Porto, Benfica and C.A. Peñarol. His greatest success came with Benfica when he guided them to two successive European Cup wins in 1961 and in 1962.
Together with Márton Bukovi and Gusztáv Sebes, Guttmann formed a triumvirate of radical Hungarian coaches who pioneered the 4–2–4 formation and he is also credited with mentoring Eusébio. However throughout his career he was never far from controversy. Widely travelled, as both a player and coach, he rarely stayed at a club longer than two seasons, and was quoted as saying the third season is fatal. He was sacked at Milan while they were top of Serie A and he walked out on Benfica after they refused a request for a pay rise, purportedly leaving the club with a curse.
Guttmann was a prominent member of the MTK Hungária FC team of the early 1920s. Playing alongside Gyula Mándi, he helped MTK win Hungarian League titles in 1920 and 1921. In 1922 he moved to Vienna to escape the anti-semitism of the Admiral Horthy regime and joined the all-Jewish club SC Hakoah Wien. In 1925 he won another league title when Hakoah won the Austrian League. In April 1926 the SC Hakoah Wien squad sailed to New York to begin a ten-match tour of the United States and on 1 May a crowd of 46,000 watched them play an American Soccer League XI at the Polo Grounds. The ASL team won 3–0.
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