Gyula Bíró (10 May 1890 – 14 June 1951) was a Hungarian Olympic football player and manager of Jewish heritage.[2][3][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gyula Bíró | ||
Date of birth | (1890-05-10)10 May 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 14 June 1951(1951-06-14) (aged 61)[1] | ||
Place of death | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1916 | MTK | 135 | (17) |
National team | |||
1906–1916 | Hungary | 36 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bíró spent his career as player playing for MTK Hungária FC, where he made first team debut in 1905 as the age of 15 as midfielder. Later he also played as forward. He retired from football as player at the age of 26 after playing 135 games in the Hungarian League and scoring 17 goals.
As part of Hungary, Bíró completed at 1912 Olympics.[5][6]
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He started his coaching career with 1. FC Nürnberg in 1920, before moving to Poland in 1923, where he coached Hasmonea Lwów and later the Olympic national team in 1924. From June 1924 until November 1925, he was a coach of Warta Poznań. He later returned to Germany as coach of FC Saarbrücken during the 1926–27 season.
Bíró coached FC Baia Mare in Romania in 1930s, before moving to the Spanish squad Atlético Marte. He left Europe before the start of World War II and went to Mexico. He worked as an engineer too in the places where he lived, and he died at the age of 71 in Mexico.
Hungary football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics | ||
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