Imre Pozsonyi Explained

Imre Pozsonyi
Birth Date:26 February 1880
Birth Place:Kisbér, Hungary
Death Date:2 October 1963 (aged 83)
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Position:Defender
Clubs1:MÚE
MTK
Nationalyears1:1902
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1921
Managerclubs1:Poland
Manageryears2:1921–1923
Managerclubs2:Cracovia
Manageryears3:1924
Managerclubs3:FC Barcelona
Manageryears4:1926
Managerclubs4:Građanski Zagreb
Manageryears5:1926–1928
Managerclubs5:Újpest
Manageryears6:1930
Managerclubs6:Real Club España

Imre Pozsonyi (also known as Jesza Poszony, first name also as Emmerich and Emérico; 12 December 1880 – 2 October 1963) was a Hungarian football player and manager.

Career

Pozsonyi started his career playing for MÚE and moved 1903 to MTK where he won the Hungarian Championship of Hungary. He also played for the Hungary national team in its first match against Austria.

In 1921 he became manager of the Polish club Cracovia Kraków, with which he won the first national Polish championship in that year. In 1921 he also guided the Poland national team through its first international match, which was lost 1–0 to Hungary in Budapest in December 1921.[1]

In December 1922 he became assistant to the English manager Jack Greenwell at FC Barcelona. After Greenwell's sacking August 1923, he took over the head coach role until October, when he was replaced by the Englishman Alf Spouncer. In July 1924 he was again head coach, but he was replaced in December by the Englishman Conyers "Ralph" Kirby, under whom the team won the Spanish Cup and the Catalan championship until the end of the season.

In April 1926 he became manager of Građanski Zagreb, today's Dinamo Zagreb, with which he won the Yugoslav championship of 1926. There he left in October, because he could not get his work permit renewed. After a couple of years with Ujpest FC in Budapest, where he became runner-up in cup and championship in 1927, he spent some time in the coaching staff of MTK. Early Match 1930 he left for Mexico to become manager of Real Club España. He got the job there, because György Orth opted for a job in Chile instead. Pozsonyi won with the club the championship of 1930.

He was back in Budapest in 1932 on the occasion of the 30 anniversary of the first match between Hungary and Austria of which he had been a part. By then he had retired from management.

He died on 2 October 1963 in Budapest and was laid to rest at the Farkasréti Cemetery there.[2] [3]

Honours

MTK

Cracovia Kraków

1921

Građanski Zagreb

1926

Real Club España

1929–30

External links

Literature

Notes and References

  1. https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=4872 Hungary-Poland 1921
  2. https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/szemelyek/adatlap/858/pozsonyi_imre Pozsonyi Imre (Kisbér 1882.02.26 - Budapest 1963.10.02)
  3. https://adtplus.arcanum.hu/hu/view/KepesSport_1963_2/?query=pozsonyi&pg=252&layout=s Képes Sport