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Also known as Bela Guttmann

Hungarian football player and manager (1899–1981)

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Béla Guttmann was a Hungarian association football player and coach. Born in Budapest, he played as a defender for clubs including MTK Budapest FC, Hakoah Vienna, the Brooklyn Wanderers, and the New York Giants. His professional career spanned from 1919 to 1932. Guttmann also served as a coach for AC Milan. He participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Guttmann was a citizen of Hungary and spoke Hungarian. He died in Vienna in 1981. Records indicate two different birth dates for him: January 27, 1899, and March 13, 1900.

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1926
Brooklyn Wanderers
1930
New York Soccer Club
1945
Vasas
1946
Ciocanul București
1947
Újpest
1953
Quilmes
Full name
Béla Guttmann
Date of birth
( 1899-01-27 ) 27 January 1899
Place of birth
Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Date of death
28 August 1981 (1981-08-28) (aged 82)
Place of death
Vienna , Austria
Position
Centre-half
1917 1919
Törekvés SE
Years
Team
1919 1920
Törekvés SE
1921 1922
MTK Hungária
1922 1926
Hakoah Wien
1926 1929
New York Giants

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Béla
Gender
male
Citizenship
Hungary
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Vienna
Languages spoken
Hungarian
Participant in
1924 Summer Olympics
Position played
defender
Image
Guttmann 1953 (cropped).JPG
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Commons category
Béla Guttmann
date of birth
1899-01-27
date of death
1981-08-28
coach of sports team
AC Milan
end of work period
1932-00-00
start of work period
1919-00-00
name in native language
Guttmann Béla
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Encyclopedic overview

Béla Guttmann ( Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈɡutmɒnn]; 27 January 1899 – 28 August 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish. He was deported by the Nazis to a Nazi slave labor camp where he was tortured; he survived the Holocaust. Before the war, he played as a midfielder for MTK Hungária, Hakoah Vienna, and several clubs in the United States. Guttmann also played for the Hungary national team, including at the 1924 Olympic Games.

Guttmann coached in ten countries from 1933 to 1974, and won ten national championships and two consecutive European Cups with Benfica. He also coached the national teams of Hungary and Austria, having also coached club football in the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, and Portugal. He is perhaps best remembered as a coach and manager after the war of AC Milan, São Paulo, Porto, Benfica and Peñarol. His greatest success came with Benfica when he guided them to two successive European Cup wins, in 1961 and in 1962.

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