Árpád Weisz

Árpád Weisz
Personal information
Full name Árpád Weisz
Date of birth 16 April 1896(1896-04-16)
Place of birth Solt, Austria–Hungary
Date of death 31 January 1944(1944-01-31) (aged 47)
Place of death Auschwitz, Poland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1923 Törekvés SE ? (?)
1923–1924 Makkabi Brno ? (?)
1924–1925 Alessandria 6 (1)
1925–1926 Internazionale 11 (3)
National team
1922–1923 Hungary 7 (0)
Teams managed
1926–1928 Internazionale
1929–1931 Internazionale
1931–1932 Bari
1932–1933 Internazionale
1933–1934 Novara
1934–1938 Bologna
1938–1940 DFC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Árpád Weisz (also spelt Veisz; 16 April 1896 – 31 January 1944) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Weisz was Jewish, and died during World War II at Auschwitz.

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Career

Playing career

Weisz played club football in Hungary for Törekvés SE, in Czechoslovakia for Makkabi Brno, and in Italy for Alessandria and Internazionale.

Weisz earned seven international caps between 1922 and 1923, and was a member of the Hungrian squad at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1926, Weisz became an assistant coach at Alessandria before moving to Internazionale, where he was manager for three spells – between 1926 and 1928, between 1929 and 1931, and 1932 and 1934. He also coached Bari, Novara and Bologna. Weisz finished his career by coaching DFC in the Netherlands, leaving in 1940 following the outbreak of the Second World War. He died four years later at Auschwitz.

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