# Béla Guttmann

> He survived Nazi torture, won back-to-back European Cups with Benfica, then cursed the club when they denied him a raise — a curse fans still invoke sixty years later.

*Hungarian football player and manager (1899–1981)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bela-guttmann

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Born:** 1899-01-27
- **Died:** 1981-08-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Budapest in 1899, Béla Guttmann played midfielder for MTK Hungária and Hakoah Vienna, representing Hungary at the 1924 Olympics before the war found him. Deported to a Nazi slave labor camp, he endured torture and survived the Holocaust. From 1933 to 1974 he coached across ten countries, winning ten national titles and pioneering the 4–2–4 formation alongside fellow Hungarian radicals Márton Bukovi and Gusztáv Sebes. He guided Benfica to consecutive European Cups in 1961 and 1962, mentoring a young Eusébio in the process, but walked out after the club refused him a pay raise — leaving behind a curse that lingers in Lisbon. He believed "the third season is fatal" and lived by it, rarely staying anywhere longer than two years, once even sacked by Milan while they sat top of Serie A. He died in August 1981, having coached national teams, giants, and underdogs on four continents, never far from controversy and never quite settled.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.9 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Footballers, #Football / Soccer Player, #Soccer, #Football, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361027)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/B%C3%A9la%20Guttmann)
- [بلا قوتمان](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Μπέλα Γκούτμαν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [بلا گوتمن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [בלה גוטמן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%9F)
- [Guttmann Béla](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttmann_B%C3%A9la)
- [Բելա Գուտման](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
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- [ベーラ・グットマン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3)
- [Бела Гуттманн](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD)
- [Béla Guttmann](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
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- [Béla Guttmann](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
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- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2460346)
- [بيلا غوتمان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [بيلا جوتمان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)

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