Gyula Mándi

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Gyula Mándi
Personal information
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	1969
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1919-1929 1929-1937	MTK Hungária FC Hungária FC
National team
1921-1934	Hungary	31 (0)
Teams managed
1950-1956 1958 1959-1963 1964	Hungary América FC Israel Israel
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gyula Mándi, also referred to as Mándi Gyula or Julius Mandel (*1899, ↑1969) was a Hungarian footballer and manager.

Contents 1 Player 1.1 National Team 2 Coach 3 Honours 4 Sources 5 External links

[edit] Player

Gyula Mándi was part of the greatest era of MTK, the 1920s and 1930s. He played alongside the likes of Franz Platko, Béla Guttmann, Gusztáv Sebes, Jenő Kálmár, Imre Schlosser, Iuliu Baratky and Ferenc Sas. Between 1919 and 1925 he won 7 consecutive championships with MTK.

The professionalisation of the game in Hungary weakened MTK's absolute dominance, but they remained amongst the leading sides. Until the end of his career in 1937 he could celebrate 3 more championships. Between 1923 and 1933 he also won cups with the club. Altogether Mándi Mándi made 325 appearances for MTK.

[edit] National Team

Gyula Mándi's career with the Hungarian national football team commenced in June 1921 with a match against Germany. Soon he featured regularly in the side, forming the defense together with Károly Fogl.

In 1924 Hungary participated in the football tournament of the Olympic Games in Paris. Hungary's hopes rose after a decisive first round win over Poland. However, a sensational 0:3 defeat at the hands of Egypt in the second stage put paid to the aspirations of the Magyars. Mándi played in both matches.

A knee injury disallowed continuity in Mándi's international career until 1929, when he again featured regularly until 1932, including in five matches for the Central European International Cup. After he missing out on further nominations for a two years, he returns once more to the Hungarian side for a World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria in 1934. Altogether he played 31 times for his country.

[edit] Coach

After retiring as a player he became a coach and was the nominal manager of Hungary during the era of the Mighty Magyars. However, his former MTK team mate, Gusztáv Sebes, who outranked him as the Deputy Minister of Sport, had the final say in the major decisions and was effectively in charge.

In 1958 Mándi moved to Brazil where he coached América in Rio de Janeiro. Alongside his compatriots, the aforementioned Béla Guttmann and Izidor Kürschner, also a former MTK player, he remains to date one of only three European coaches to have some impact in Brazil.

Between 1959 and 1964 Mandi had two spells as coach of Israel.

[edit] Honours

MTK Hungária FC

• Hungarian League
  • Winner : 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937 : 10
  • Runner-up : 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933: 4

• Hungarian Cup
  • Winner : 1923, 1925, 1932 : 3
  • Runner-up : 1930, 1935: 2

[edit] Sources

• Behind The Curtain - Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006) [1]
• The Nearly Men: Brian Glanville, World Soccer, November 2006

[edit] External links

• List of Hungarain internationals
• Hungarians Abroad

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