Árpád Fekete

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Árpád Fekete Priska (born March 5, 1921 in Hungary , † February 26, 2012 in Guadalajara , Mexico ) was a Hungarian football player who played for Újpest Budapest between 1935 and 1942 , but became famous as a coach in Mexico, where he had two teams in total led to the championship three times.

First he won two championships with Chivas Guadalajara in 1959 and 1960 and thus laid the foundation for her later nickname "Campeonísimo". 1963 he won another title with the also in Guadalajara -based club Oro , which he calculated by a 1: made the championship alienate 0 victory in a direct comparison on the final day his former club and crowned his own team by winning the title.

Career

Fekete, who was also known in Mexico by the nickname “Bombero”, left his home country Hungary as a young man and came to the USA via stations in Romania and Italy , where he obtained his coaching license in 1954 . From there he soon went to Mexico after signing a contract as a coach at Chivas Guadalajara in 1957.

The previous globetrotter stayed in Mexico and trained a total of 14 clubs there over the years. What is particularly interesting here is that he coached all seven clubs from the city of Guadalajara that have ever played in the first Mexican league : in addition to Chivas, who he again in the 1989 season after his successful engagement between 1957/58 and 1959/60 90 had trained temporarily, but was soon dismissed due to the lack of success, these were the Club Atlas , the Club Nacional , the two "university clubs " UAG Tecos and Leones Negros de la UdeG as well as the Club Oro and its subsequent legal successor Club Jalisco ; although he coached the club under the latter name only one game in the 1970/71 season.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arpad Fekete deja de existir
  2. ^ List of Hungarian Players in Italy after 1945
  3. ↑ Perfil: Se extingue la llama del 'Bombero'
  4. ↑ 90 évesen elhunyt Fekete Árpád, volt mexikói szövetségi kapitány
personal data
SURNAME Fekete, Árpád
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fekete Priska, Árpád
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian football coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2012
Place of death Guadalajara , Mexico