Victor Zvunka

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Victor Zvunka (born November 15, 1951 in Le Ban-Saint-Martin , Lorraine ) is a former French football player and current coach of Hungarian descent. He is one of not even 20 footballers in France who have won the traditional national cup both as a player and as a coach.

Career as a player

society

Victor Zvunka, whose much older brothers Georges (* 1937) and Jules (* 1941) were also professional footballers, began playing at Metz in 1970 . In 1973 he moved to Olympique Marseille , where he spent his most successful time. He followed his brother Jules as a central defender at Marius Trésor's side , who at that time moved from the field to the coaching bench. With Marseille, where he stayed until 1981, Victor Zvunka won the national cup competition in 1976 . After OM's relegation to the second division (1980), without the immediate re-promotion, Zvunka joined Stade Laval in 1981 for two years ; Racing Paris then followed as the last station until 1985, where he worked as a player- coach at the club then renamed Matra Racing 1 from 1984 . Overall, he has made 368 first division matches at these four clubs , in which he scored eight goals.

National team

In March 1975, the "sober and strong headed" defender came in a 2-0 victory over Hungary in the Prinzenparkstadion for his only appearance in the senior French team .

Coaching

He has worked as a trainer since the mid-1980s, and it wasn't until the early 21st century that he achieved nationwide successes. In 2004 , Zvunka had led the second division LB Châteauroux to the French Cup final as a coach , but his team was defeated by Paris Saint-Germain . Since Paris took part in the Champions League as runners-up , Zvunka took part with Châteauroux in the first round of the UEFA Cup , but was eliminated from Club Bruges . Five years later he even won the French Cup , again with a second division team ( EA Guingamp ). As a result, his team played the following season in the qualification for the Europa League , in which the Bretons were eliminated in the barrage against Hamburger SV . In 2010 Guingamp even had to enter the third division . From February to May 2011 Victor Zvunka then worked for third division club AS Cannes .

Coaching stations

Source for the stations up to 2009:

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004, ISBN 2-03-505420-6
  • Alain Pécheral: La grande histoire de l'OM. Des origines à nos jours. Ed. Prolongations, o. O. 2007, ISBN 978-2-916400-07-5

Supporting documents and comments

  1. ↑ List of these "double winners" in France Football from May 12, 2009, p. 8
  2. ↑ Pécheral, pp. 396 and 447
  3. ↑ after Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
  4. ↑ Chaumier, p. 321
  5. ↑ France Football, May 12, 2009, p. 7

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personal data
SURNAME Zvunka, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Ban-Saint-Martin