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The Most Famous

COACHES from Hungary

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This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarian Coaches. The pantheon dataset contains 328 Coaches, 3 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 27th most number of Coaches behind Austria and Czechia.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Hungarian Coaches of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Coaches is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Lajos Czeizler

1. Lajos Czeizler (1893 - 1969)

With an HPI of 49.29, Lajos Czeizler is the most famous Hungarian Coach.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Lajos Czeizler (5 October 1893 – 6 May 1969) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. With 11 major titles altogether, he remains one of the most successful football coaches of all time.

Photo of Lajos Détári

2. Lajos Détári (1963 - )

With an HPI of 47.15, Lajos Détári is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Coach.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Lajos László Détári (born 24 April 1963) is a Hungarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. At the height of his career (1984–1994), he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.

Photo of Károly Dietz

3. Károly Dietz (1885 - 1969)

With an HPI of 44.81, Károly Dietz is the 3rd most famous Hungarian Coach.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Károly Dietz (21 July 1885 – 9 July 1969) was a Hungarian football player and manager who coached Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He was the national football team's manager from 1934 to 1939. Dietz also played for Magyar AC and Műegyetemi AFC.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as coaches born between 1885 and 1963. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living coaches include Lajos Détári. The most famous deceased coaches include Lajos Czeizler and Károly Dietz.

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