Ignác Amsel

Ignác Amsel
Personal information
Full name Ignác Amsel
Date of birth (1899-01-17)17 January 1899
Place of birth Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Date of death 15 July 1974(1974-07-15) (aged 75)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Kispesti AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Békéscsaba
1922–1925 Ferencváros
1925–1926 Ancona
1927–1933 Ferencváros
1934 Honvéd
1935–1937 Ancona
International career
1921–1931 Hungary 9 (0)
Managerial career
1938 Ferencváros
1939 São Paulo
1945 Atlético Mineiro
1947 São Paulo (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024

Ignác Amsel (17 January 1899 – 15 July 1974), was a Hungarian footballer and manager, who played as a goalkeeper.

Player career

Amsel began his professional career at Békéscsaba 1912 Előre, and after standing out, he arrived at Ferencváros in 1922, where he played most of his career and was Hungarian champion three times, especially in 1931-32 when Ferencváros won all 22 matches of the competition. He also had two spells at Ancona and Honvéd.[1]

In 1931 he was the starting goalkeeper on Ferencváros' tour of South America.[2]

International career

Amsel played in 9 matches for the Hungary national team, from 1920 to 1931, being noted for being the first goalkeeper to save a penalty for the national team, against Austria in 1922.[3]

Managerial career

He began his career as a coach after retiring as an athlete in 1938 at his most identified club, Ferencváros. He remained in office shortly after the persecution of Jews in Europe intensified, and he then emigrated to Brazil. In 1939 he had his first experience as a coach on Brazilian soil, with São Paulo FC, but according to the newspapers at the time, he did not adapt and was eventually replaced by Amilcar Barbuy.[4] In 1945 he had another experience, this time at Atlético Mineiro, and in 1947 he was hired again by São Paulo to train the youth and reserves teams, where he remained until 1949.[3]

Honours

Player

Ferencváros

References

  1. ^ "Amsel Ignác (Kispest 1899.01.17 - Rio de Janeiro 1973.06.18)". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "South American Trip of Ferencváros FC 1931". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Alexandre Giesbrecht (2 May 2018). "O segundo técnico húngaro do São Paulo". Jogos do São Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Todos os Treinadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2024.