Bertalan Bicskei
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 16 July 2011 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | Veszprémi Haladás Petőfi | ||
| 1964–1974 | Budapest Honvéd FC | 240 | (1) |
| 1974–1976 | MTK | ||
| National team | |||
| 1973 | Hungary | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1988 | Budapest Honvéd FC | ||
| 1989 | Hungary | ||
| 1991 | Daewoo Royals | ||
| 1993–1993 | FC Luzern | ||
| 1994 | El-Masry | ||
| 1995 | MTK | ||
| 1995–1996 | Al-Riyadh | ||
| 1996–1997 | Kispest Honvéd FC | ||
| 1998–2001 | Hungary | ||
| 2002 | Senjang | ||
| 2003 | Videoton FCF | ||
| 2003–2004 | El-Masry | ||
| 2004–2005 | Malaysia | ||
| 2006 | Újpest FC | ||
| 2009 | El-Masry | ||
| 2010–2011 | Liberia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bertalan Bicskei (17 September 1944 – 16 July 2011) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper and manager.
As a youth player, he played for the most famous Hungarian club side, Ferencvaros, and he also honed his skills in Honved and MTK Budapest, both Premier Division Hungarian sides. As a goalkeeper of great talent, he played many games for the National Youth Team of Hungary, as well as the 13 and A senior National teams. After his playing days were over, he devoted much of his time to coaching and teaching young soccer players on the highest level.
From 1977 to 1982, he worked as the coaching director for the MTK Budapest's youth programme, and from 1982 to 1986 he was the Youth Coach Director for the Hungarian national football team. As one of his greatest achievements on that level, under his coaching and guidance, the Under-18 National Team of Hungary, captured the European Youth Championship in Moscow, in 1984.
Before moving on to the senior level, Bicskei successfully completed the, work, and graduated at the world-renowned soccer academy in Cologne, Germany in 1986. He is one of just a few Hungarian-born coaches who was able to earn one of the most respected coaching diplomas in the world. While in Germany, he also studied philosophy, and learned to speak excellent German.
In 1987/88 Bicskei become head coach of Honved Budapest, (that year, Honved won the National title and the Hungarian cup) and his professional career was off to a flying start. In 1989, he, was selected to coach the senior national team of Hungary. In 1991, he could not refuse a challenging offer from South Korea and he became a head coach of Daewoo Royals. Under his direction, the club won the 1991 national title and he was voted, Manager of the year in South Korea. From 1992 to 1994 he coached club FC Luzern in Switzerland. In the 1995/96 he returned home briefly to coach MTK Budapest.
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