Franz Platko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franz Platko Kopiletz | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 2 September 1983 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1917–1920 | Vasas SC | ||
| 1920 | WAC Vienna | ||
| 1921–1922 | KAFK | ||
| 1922–1923 | MTK Hungária FC | 17 | (?) |
| 1923–1930 | FC Barcelona | 189 | (?) |
| 1932–1933 | Recreativo de Huelva | ||
| 1933 | FC Mulhouse | 8 | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1917–1923 | Hungary | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1932 | FC Basel (assistant) | ||
| 1932–1933 | FC Mulhouse | ||
| 1933–1934 | RC Roubaix | ||
| 1934–1935 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1935 | FC Porto (assistant) | ||
| 1936 | USA Olympic | ||
| 1936–1937 | Venus Bucureşti | ||
| 1938 | Cracovia | ||
| 1938–1939 | Celta Vigo | ||
| 1939–1940 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1940 | CA River Plate | ||
| 1941 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1941–1945 | Chile | ||
| 1942 | Deportes Magallanes | ||
| 1942–1943 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1943–1944 | CA River Plate (techn. director) | ||
| 1949 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1950 | Chile | ||
| 1953 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1953 | Chile | ||
| 1955–1956 | FC Barcelona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ferenc Plattkó (born Franz Platko Kopiletz in Budapest, Hungary, 2 December 1898, died Santiago, Chile, 2 September 1983), also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Austrian origin. During the 1910s and 1920s he played as a goalkeeper for Vasas SC, WAC Vienna, KAFK Kula, MTK Hungária FC, FC Barcelona, Recreativo de Huelva. He subsequently worked as a coach in Europe and South America, most notably with FC Barcelona, Colo-Colo, River Plate, Boca Juniors and Chile. Platko was an early FC Barcelona legend and was a team-mate of Paulino Alcántara, Josep Samitier and Sagibarba. His bravery as a goalkeeper was immortalized by Rafael Alberti in the poem Oda A Platko. After retiring as a player he returned to the club as a coach on two occasions (1934–35, 1955–56).
He played 6 matches for the Hungarian national team between 1917 and 1923.
Platko began his career as a goalkeeper in his hometown of Budapest with local club Vasas SC in 1917 . After a brief spell at WAC Vienna in 1920, he returned to Vasas for another season. Between 1917 and 1923, Platko also played six games for Hungary. In the season 1921/22 he was the coach and goalkeeper for KAFK Kula from Kula (Serbia) where he won the Subotica subassociation championship earning promotion to the Second League of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1922 MTK played two friendlies against FC Barcelona. Both games finished as 0-0 draws and FC Barcelona, impressed with Platko offered him a contract.
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