Pál Csernai
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 October 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Pilis, Kingdom of Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1 September 2013 80) | (aged||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1956 | Csepeli Vasas | ||
1956–1958 | Karlsruher SC | ||
1958–1959 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
1959–1965 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
National team | |||
1955 | Hungary | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1968–1970 | Wacker 04 Berlin | ||
1970–1971 | SSV Reutlingen 05 | ||
1971–1972 | Royal Antwerp | ||
1973–1977 | North Baden FA | ||
1978–1983 | FC Bayern Munich | ||
1983–1984 | PAOK | ||
1984–1985 | Benfica | ||
1985–1986 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
1987–1988 | Fenerbahçe | ||
1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt[1] | ||
1990 | Young Boys | ||
1990–1991 | Hertha BSC | ||
1993–1994 | North Korea | ||
1994–1995 | Sopron | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Pál Csernai (21 October 1932 – 1 September 2013) was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Born in Pilis, Kingdom of Hungary, Csernai played club football in Hungary, Germany and Switzerland for Csepeli Vasas, Karlsruher SC, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Stuttgarter Kickers.[2]
He also earned two caps for Hungary in 1955.[2]
Management career
After retiring as a player, Csernai managed clubs in Germany, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Switzerland and Hungary; he also managed the North Korean national team.[3]
Known for wearing his trade mark silk scarf, he is considered to be the inventor of the so-called "Pal system", a combination of the man-to-man and the zone defenses.[4]
Later life and death
Csernai died on 1 September 2013, after a long illness.[5]
References
- ↑ "Profile" (in German). Eintracht Archiv.
- 1 2 Pál Csernai at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Pablo Gorondi (21 May 2010). "Hungary's Pal Csernai recalls 1990s stint as North Korea's soccer coach". Star Tribune.
- ↑ "Bayerns Meister-Trainer Pal Csernai ist tot" (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ↑ "Früherer Bayern-Trainer: Pal Csernai ist tot" (in German). Der Spiegel. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.