Károly Fogl
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 January 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Újpest, Hungary | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1969 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1912–1914 | Újpesti Törekvés SE | ||
1914–1930 | Újpest | ||
1931 | Vasas SC | ||
International career | |||
1918–1929 | Hungary | 51 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1934–1935 | Bulgaria | ||
1935 | Sportklub Sofia | ||
1937 | Győri Vagongyár ETO | ||
1938–1939 | Warta Poznań | ||
Kolozsvári AC | |||
1947–1948 | Warta Poznań | ||
1948 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
1950–1951 | Warta Poznań | ||
1952 | Brda Bydgoszcz | ||
1953 | Czarni Nakło | ||
1955–1956 | Polonia Chodzież | ||
1957–1958 | Olimpia Poznań | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Károly Fogl, also known as Károly Fogoly, "Károly Újpesti" and "Fogl II" (19 January 1895 – 12 January 1969) was a
footballer who played for Újpest FC, as well as representing the Hungary national football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Fogl was born in
Hungary national team as a right defender. Together with his younger brother, József Fogl III, the two Fogls formed the legendary "Fogl-gate" (Fogl-gát in Hungarian), an extremely powerful and tough defending formation for more than a decade. Fogl II won the 1929–30 season with Újpest
and served as a captain of the club for a decade.
After his player career, he went on to coach
Juventus Bucuresti and in 1937 he led Győri ETO to the Hungarian top division NB I for the first time in the club's history. He was manager of the Polish football club Warta Poznań
on three occasions: 1938-1939, 1947-1948 and 1950-1951, leading the club to their second national championship title in 1947.
He died on 12 January 1969 in Budapest.
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References
- ^ "Károly Fogl". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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