Imre Pozsonyi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 February 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Kisbér, Hungary | ||
Date of death | 2 October 1963 (aged 81) | ||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
MÚE MTK | |||
International career | |||
1902 | Hungary | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1921 | Poland | ||
1921–1923 |
Cracovia | ||
1924 | FC Barcelona | ||
1926 |
Građanski Zagreb | ||
1926–1928 | Újpest | ||
1930 | Real Club España | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Imre Pozsonyi (also known as Jesza Poszony, first name also as Emmerich and Emérico; 12 December 1880 – 2 October 1963) was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Career
Pozsonyi started his career playing for MÚE and moved 1903 to MTK where he won the Hungarian Championship of Hungary. He also played for the Hungary national team in its first match against Austria.
In 1921 he became manager of the Polish club
In December 1922 he became assistant to the English manager Jack Greenwell at FC Barcelona. After Greenwell's sacking August 1923, he took over the head coach role until October, when he was replaced by the Englishman Alf Spouncer. In July 1924 he was again head coach, but he was replaced in December by the Englishman Conyers "Ralph" Kirby, under whom the team won the Spanish Cup and the Catalan championship until the end of the season.
In April 1926 he became manager of Građanski Zagreb, today's
He was back in Budapest in 1932 on the occasion of the 30 anniversary of the first match between Hungary and Austria of which he had been a part. By then he had retired from management.
He died on 2 October 1963 in Budapest and was laid to rest at the Farkasréti Cemetery there.[2][3]
Honours
MTK
- Hungarian Championship: 1904
Cracovia Kraków
- Polish Championship: 1921
Građanski Zagreb
- 1926
Real Club España
External links
- Imre Pozsonyi at WorldFootball.net
- Imre Pozsonyi at EU-Football.info
- Poszony on BDFutbol
- Jesza Poszony (1923 and 1924), FC Barcelona (per 20 August 2020)
Literature
- Tamás Dénes, Mihály Sándor, Éva B. Bába: A magyar labdarúgás története I.: Amatorök és álamatorök (1897–1926), Campus Kiadó (Debreceni Campus Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.), Debrecen, 2014. ISBN 978-963-9822-11-5
- ISBN 978-1-788-702-73-7
References
- ^ Hungary-Poland 1921 on EUFootball
- ^ Pozsonyi Imre (Kisbér 1882.02.26 - Budapest 1963.10.02), MagyarFutball (per 20 August 2020)
- ^ Képes Sport via ADT archives