Lippo Hertzka

Lippo Hertzka
Personal information
Date of death 14 March 1951
Place of death Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Essener Turnerbund
Real Sociedad
Teams managed
1923-1926 Real Sociedad
1926-1928 Athletic Bilbao
1927-1930 Sevilla FC
1930-1932 Real Madrid C.F.
1932-1934 Hércules CF
1934-1935 Recreativo Granada
1935-1939 S.L. Benfica
1939-1940 Belenenses
1942-1945 FC Porto
1947-1948 S.L. Benfica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Lippo Hertzka (died 14 March 1951[1]) was a Hungarian footballer and football manager. He played for Essener Turnerbund (current Schwarz-Weiss Essen) and Real Sociedad. After retiring, he coached seven teams, including Real Sociedad and Real Madrid, a team which he coached for 2 years (1930–1932) and won La Liga in 1931-32 season, which meant the first La Liga title for the white squad. He also won three League titles in Portugal for Benfica.

He coached Real Sociedad[2], Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla FC[3], Real Madrid C.F., Hércules CF, Recreativo Granada, S.L. Benfica, Belenenses and FC Porto.

He was the husband of Tivadar Farkasházy's godmother.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.athletic-club.net/web/main.asp?a=1&b=2&c=1&d=0&jokalaria=7&idi=0
  2. ^ http://www.realsociedad.com/caste/home/real.asp?menu=030600&id=14551&fnd=HERTZKA
  3. ^ http://sevillafcdeoro.blogia.com/2007/051001-1928-1929-124-empieza-la-liga-124-.php
  4. ^ Youtube Video. In this video Tivadar Farkasházy told his story about this in a very popular hungarian show (the show's name is "Heti Hetes" (it means "Weekly Seven"). He said this story few years ago in the same show, but that video was deleted from Youtube.
  5. ^ Youtube Video. It was reuploaded.