Kálmán Konrád
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 May 1896 | ||
Place of birth |
Bácspalánka, Austria-Hungary (today Bačka Palanka, Serbia) | ||
Date of death | 10 May 1980 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1910–1916 |
MTK Hungária | ||
1916–1917 | Magyar AC | ||
1917–1919 |
MTK Hungária | 94 | (88) |
1919–1926 |
Wiener Amateure | ||
1926–1927 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 27 | (2) |
1927–1928 |
MTK Hungária | ||
International career | |||
1914–1928 | Hungary | 12 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1928–1930 |
Bayern Munich | ||
1930–1931 | FC Zürich | ||
1933–1935 | Slavia Prague | ||
1936–1937 | Rapid Bucharest | ||
1937–1939 |
1. FC Brno | ||
1939–1942 | Örebro SK | ||
1942–1947 | Åtvidabergs FF | ||
1947–1950 | Malmö FF | ||
1950–1951 | Råå IF | ||
1951–1955 | BK Derby | ||
1955–1956 | Junsele IF | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kálmán Konrád (23 May 1896 – 10 May 1980) was one of the best
Career
Born in
In August 1926, Kálmán was brought to the United States by Nat Agar, the owner-manager of the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League (ASL). Kálmán's talent was so legendary[according to whom?] that Agar was forced to keep the transfer a secret until he was on his way to the U.S.[citation needed] That year, Konrád played for Brooklyn and appeared in 27 games and scored two goals. That season, he also played in the International Soccer League, a new league of American and Canadian teams. The Wanderers of the ASL participated and won the league championship with a 5–3–1 record. Konrád scored four goals while playing in every game.
After his only season in the United States, Konrád returned to Hungary and ended his playing career with MTK during the 1927–28 season. He then became a world-renowned coach and led powerful clubs such as Bayern Munich, FC Zurich, and Slavia Prague. Konrád also coached a number of teams in Sweden,[1] where he settled and lived until his death in 1980.
Honours
As manager
Malmö FF