Károly Fogl

Károly Fogl
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-01-19)19 January 1895
Place of birth Újpest, Hungary
Date of death 12 January 1969(1969-01-12) (aged 73)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1912-1914 Újpesti Törekvés SE
1914-1930 Újpest
1931 Vasas SC
National team
1918-1929 Hungary 51 (2)
Teams managed
Sportklub Sofia
1934-1935 Bulgaria
Juventus Bucuresti
Győri ETO FC
1938-1939 Warta Poznań
1947 Warta Poznań
1947-1948 Polonia Warszawa

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Károly Fogl, also known as Károly Fogoly, "Károly Újpesti" and "Fogl II" (19 January 1895 – 12 January 1969) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Újpest FC, as well as representing the Hungarian national football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Fogl was born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary. Between 1918 and 1929 he played 50 games and scored 2 goals for the Hungarian national team as a right defender. Together with his younger brother, József Fogl III, the two Fogls formed the legendary "Fogl-gate" (Fogl-gát in Hungarian), an extremely powerful and tough defending formation for more than a decade.

Fogl II won the 1929-30 season with Újpest and served as a captain of the club for a decade.

After his player career, he went on to coach Sportklub Sofia and the Bulgarian national football team. Later he managed Juventus Bucuresti and in 1937 he led Győri ETO to the Hungarian top division NB I for the first time in the club's history. He joined Warta Poznań as a manager in 1938, leading the club to their second national championship title in 1947. He died on 12 January 1969 in Budapest.


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