Gyula Mandi

Gyula Mandi

Gyula Mándi , also Gyula Mandl and Julius Mandel , (born January 21, 1899 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; † November 27, 1969 there ) was a Hungarian football player and football coach .

Club career

Gyula Mándi made his debut in the combat team of MTK Budapest in the 1919/20 season. The MTK was the dominant team in the Hungarian league at that time and had a number of national players in its ranks with players such as Imre Schlosser , Alfréd Schaffer , Vilmos Kertész , György Orth and József Braun . Despite his slim body, the young defender was soon able to secure a regular place with good positional play and won six championship titles in a row with the MTK by 1925, the team only suffered nine defeats during this period. After the introduction of professional football in Hungary, the club was renamed MTK Hungária Budapest and continued to be one of the leading teams in the country, but without being able to maintain the original dominance. By the end of Mandi's career in 1937, three more championship titles were added.

National team

His first appearance in the national team was in June 1921 against Germany . He quickly became a fixture in the selection, where he usually formed the defense together with Károly Fogl . In 1924 the Hungarians took part in the Summer Olympics, where they could justifiably hope for a successful result. After a clear victory over Poland in the first round , however, there was a sensational 0: 3 against Egypt and thus to the early elimination from the tournament, with Mándi playing in both games.

Due to a knee injury, he only returned to regular appearances in the national team in the period from 1929 to 1932, where he was also used five times in the context of the European Cup of National Football Teams. After he had not received any drafts for over two years, he last ran in April 1934 in the qualifying game for the 1934 World Cup against Bulgaria for Hungary. In total, he played 31 games for his country.

Coaching career

After his active career, Mándi worked for the Hungarian Football Association. During the time of the Golden Eleven in the 1950s, Mándi was actually the nominal coach of the national team, but subordinate to Gusztáv Sebes , who held the post of deputy sports minister and was perceived as a team coach, while Mándi and Márton Bukovi acted as his assistants, with the former was particularly responsible for the implementation of the training.

In 1957, Mándi left Hungary and took over the position of coach of America FC in Rio de Janeiro in mid-August, where he remained until the end of April 1958. With America he reached a middle place in the state championship in 1957, which was regarded as unsatisfactory as the last place, together with two other teams, at the Rio-São Paulo tournament in 1958. From 1959 to 1963 and again in 1964, he looked after the Israeli National soccer team . In 1960 he took her second place behind the hosts at the Asian Continental Championship , which was held in South Korea.

successes

• 9 × Hungarian champion: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937
• 3 × Hungarian Cup winners: 1923, 1925, 1932
• Olympic champion: 1952 (as supervisor)
• Vice World Champion: 1954 (as supervisor)
• 31 games for the Hungarian national football team