Lajos Baróti
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lajos Baróti-Kratochfill | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Szeged, Hungary[1] | ||
Date of death | 23 December 2005 | (aged 91)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1946 | Szegedi AK | 170 | (7) |
1946–1948 |
Győri ETO | 58 | (2) |
Total | 228 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1939–1941 | Hungary | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1948–1952 | Györi Vasas ETO | ||
1952–1953 | Budapesti Postás SE | ||
1953–1957 | Budapesti Vasas SC | ||
1957–1966 | Hungary | ||
1967–1971 |
Újpesti Dózsa | ||
1971–1972 | Peru | ||
1972–1974 | Budapesti Vasas SC | ||
1975–1978 | Hungary | ||
1979 | SSW Innsbruck | ||
1980–1982 | Benfica | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lajos Baróti (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlɒjoʃ ˈbɒroːti]; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian football player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the most outstanding coaches of his time.
Career
Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 for
Győri ETO. Between 1939 and 1941 he also played twice for the national team.[2]
1957 he was appointed head coach of the national team. Until 1966 and between 1975 and 1978 he led the side through 117 matches. He led Hungary to the
Olympics of 1960 in Rome and the 1964 European Nations' Cup where the team finished third. The greatest success was winning the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo
.
Between 1971 and 1972 he had a stint as coach of the
Pre-Olympic Tournament
.
His most successful time as club coach was from 1967 and 1971 with
Newcastle United
, however losing there 0–3 and 2–3.
Baróti enjoyed further successes with
SSW Innsbruck in Austria and S.L. Benfica
, there winning a Portuguese Supercup in 1980 and a double in 1981.
Honours
Club
Vasas SC
Újpesti Dózsa
Innsbruck
- Austrian Cup: 1978–79
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1980–81
- 1980–81
International
Hungary
- 1964 Summer Olympics gold medal: 1964
References
- ^ Hungary mourns Baróti UEFA, 24 December 2005
- ^ Lajos Baróti Archived 16 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at nela.hu
External links
- Lajos Baróti at National-Football-Teams.com