Gyula Mándi

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Gyula Mándi
Personal information
Date of birth 1899
Place of birth    Budapest, Hungary
Date of death    1969
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1919-1929
1929-1937		 MTK Hungária FC
Hungária FC		    
National team
1921-1934 Hungary 31 (0)
Teams managed
1950-1956
1958
1959-1963
1964		 Hungary
América FC
Israel
Israel

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gyula Mándi, also referred to as Mándi Gyula or Julius Mandel (*1899, ↑1969) was a Hungarian footballer and manager.

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[edit] Player

Gyula Mándi was part of the greatest era of MTK, the 1920s and 1930s. He played alongside the likes of Franz Platko, Béla Guttmann, Gusztáv Sebes, Jenő Kálmár, Imre Schlosser, Iuliu Baratky and Ferenc Sas. Between 1919 and 1925 he won 7 consecutive championships with MTK.

The professionalisation of the game in Hungary weakened MTK's absolute dominance, but they remained amongst the leading sides. Until the end of his career in 1937 he could celebrate 3 more championships. Between 1923 and 1933 he also won cups with the club. Altogether Mándi Mándi made 325 appearances for MTK.

[edit] National Team

Gyula Mándi's career with the Hungarian national football team commenced in June 1921 with a match against Germany. Soon he featured regularly in the side, forming the defense together with Károly Fogl.

In 1924 Hungary participated in the football tournament of the Olympic Games in Paris. Hungary's hopes rose after a decisive first round win over Poland. However, a sensational 0:3 defeat at the hands of Egypt in the second stage put paid to the aspirations of the Magyars. Mándi played in both matches.

A knee injury disallowed continuity in Mándi's international career until 1929, when he again featured regularly until 1932, including in five matches for the Central European International Cup. After he missing out on further nominations for a two years, he returns once more to the Hungarian side for a World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria in 1934. Altogether he played 31 times for his country.

[edit] Coach

After retiring as a player he became a coach and was the nominal manager of Hungary during the era of the Mighty Magyars. However, his former MTK team mate, Gusztáv Sebes, who outranked him as the Deputy Minister of Sport, had the final say in the major decisions and was effectively in charge.

In 1958 Mándi moved to Brazil where he coached América in Rio de Janeiro. Alongside his compatriots, the aforementioned Béla Guttmann and Izidor Kürschner, also a former MTK player, he remains to date one of only three European coaches to have some impact in Brazil.

Between 1959 and 1964 Mandi had two spells as coach of Israel.

[edit] Honours

MTK Hungária FC

  • Hungarian League
    • Winner : 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937 : 10
    • Runner-up : 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933: 4
  • Hungarian Cup
    • Winner : 1923, 1925, 1932 : 3
    • Runner-up : 1930, 1935: 2

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