Elek Schwartz
Schwartz in 1972
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandru Schwartz | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1908 | ||
| Place of birth |
Temesrekas, Austria-Hungary (today Recaş, Romania) |
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| Date of death | 2 October 2000 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Haguenau, France | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1930 | Kadima Timișoara | ||
| 1930–1932 | CA Timişoara | ||
| 1932–1934 | Hyères FC | ||
| 1934–1936 | Cannes | ||
| 1936–1938 | Strasbourg | ||
| 1938–1939 | Red Star Olympique | ||
| National team | |||
| 1931–1932 | Romania B | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1948–1949 | Cannes | ||
| 1950–1952 | Monaco | ||
| 1952–1953 | Le Havre | ||
| 1953–1955 | SF Hamborn 07 | ||
| 1955–1957 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| 1957–1964 | Netherlands | ||
| 1964–1965 | Benfica | ||
| 1965–1968 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1969–1970 | Porto | ||
| 1970–1971 | FC Dordrecht | ||
| 1971–1972 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 1972–1973 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 1976–1977 | Strasbourg | ||
| 1978–1979 | SR Haguenau | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alexandru "Elek" Schwartz (23 October 1908 – 2 October 2000) was a Romanian footballer and coach of the Dutch national football team. With S.L. Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into the final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.
Elek Schwartz initially started playing near his hometown Recaş, in Timişoara. Later he played professional football in the French Ligue 1 with FC Hyères (1932–1934), AS Cannes (1934–36), Racing Strasbourg (1936–38) and Red Star Olympique (1938–39).
He started his coaching career in France with AS Cannes (1948–49) and from there continued to AS Monaco (1950–1952) and Le Havre AC (1952–53).
In 1953 he was hired by SF Hamborn 07. In his second season with the club from the suburb of Duisburg he led the club to promotion to the western division of the five ways split first division of Germany, the 'Oberliga West.
In 1955, he was appointed as manager by then German champions, Rot-Weiss Essen coaching among others Helmut Rahn there. In the next couple of years he led the team to ranks 4 and 8 in the Oberliga West.
After leaving Rot-Weiss Essen, Schwartz joined the Dutch football association, the KNVB and took on the reins of the Dutch national football team. He guided the team through 49 matches.
However, this was in an era when Dutch football had yet to achieve the standing it has held since the 1970s. Results varied extremely and included 7-0 defeat to Germany in 1959 in Cologne, as well as back to back 1-0 wins against France and world champions Brazil in 1963. He held the position of national coach until 1964, when Denis Neville replaced him.
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