Béla Guttmann
Hungarian football player and manager (1899–1981)
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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.
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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…
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Teams
- Hakoah Vienna1932–1933
- Hakoah All-Stars1931–1932
- New York Soccer Club1930–1930
- New York Field Club1930–1930
- New York Hakoah1929–1930
- Hakoah All-Stars1929–1930
- Brooklyn Wanderers1926–1926
- New York Giants1926–1929
- Hakoah Vienna1922–1926
- Hungary men's national football team1921–1924
- MTK Budapest FC1919–1921
- Törekvés SE1917–1919
Season stats
| 1932–1933 | 4 | 0 |
| 1931–1932 | 50 | 0 |
| 1930–1930 | 22 | 0 |
| 1929–1930 | 21 | 0 |
| 1926–1929 | 83 | 2 |
| 1922–1926 | 96 | 8 |
| 1921–1924 | 4 | 1 |
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- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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