Lajos Baróti

Lajos Baróti [ lɒjoʃ bɒro ː ti ] ( born August 19, 1914 in Szeged, † 23 December 2005, Budapest) was a Hungarian football player and coach. With a total of eleven major titles, he is one of the most important coaches of his time.

Career

Lajos Baróti played from 1928 to 1946 Szeged AK and 1946-1948 for Gyori ETO. Between 1939 and 1941 he was appointed twice to the Hungarian national football team.

In 1957 he took over the post of head coach of the national team. Until 1966, and again in 1975-1978, he oversaw the team in a total of 117 internationals. He led the team to four times World Cups ( 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978). 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome and at the European Championships in 1964, he came third. At the European Championships Hungary was defeated in the semi-finals after extra time the hosts and tournament winners Spain 1-2. The greatest success as a coach he had at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he won the gold medal.

1971-72 he was in charge once the short term the Peruvian national football team.

His most successful period as a club coach he spent at Újpesti Dózsa. There he directed from 1967 to 1971, the golden era of the association a in which this attack formation with the famous Fazekas - dominated Zámbó the 1970s - Göröcs - Bene - Dunai II. Under him Újpest won in 1969 and 1970, the league and cup double and another championship in 1971 - the first title of the club after a decade. He led the team in the finals of the exhibition Cup in 1968/69 against Newcastle United, but went with 0:3 and 2:3 lost.

At club level he also had success with Vasas Budapest, SSW Innsbruck and Benfica, where in 1981 he won the Double.

Coaching career - tabular

• National football team (Hungary )
• Football coach (Hungary )
• Football coach
• Hungarian
• Born in 1914
• Died in 2005
• Man