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Béla Guttmann
	as player of Hakoah Vienna
Personal information
Date of birth	27 January 1899
Place of birth	Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	28 August 1981 (aged 82)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Position(s)	Centre-half
Youth career
1917–1919	Törekvés
Senior career*
Years	Team
1919–1921	MTK Hungária FC
1922–1926	SC Hakoah Wien
1926	Brooklyn Wanderers
1926–1929	New York Giants
1929–1930	New York Hakoah
1930	New York Soccer Club
1931–1932	Hakoah All-Stars
1932–1933	SC Hakoah Wien
National team‡
1921–1924	Hungary
Teams managed
1933–1935	SC Hakoah Wien
1935–1937	SC Enschede
1937–1938	SC Hakoah Wien
1938–1939	Újpest FC
1945	Vasas SC
1946	Ciocanul Bucharest
1947	Újpest FC
1947–1948	Kispest A.C.
1949–1950	Calcio Padova
1950– 1951	U.S. Triestina Calcio
1953	Quilmes
1953	APOEL
1953–1955	Milan
1955–1956	Lanerossi Vicenza
1956–1957	Honvéd
1957–1958	São Paulo
1958–1959	Porto
1959–1962	Benfica
1962	C.A. Peñarol
1964	Austria
1965–1966	Benfica
1966–1967	Servette FC
1967	Panathinaikos
1973	Austria Wien
1973	Porto
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2006; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2006

Béla Guttmann (27 January 1899 – 28 August 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and coach of Jewish origin. His playing position was midfielder.

Career

Player

He started his career with the MTK Hungária FC team of the early 1920s. He won the championship in 1920 and 1921. In 1922 he went to Vienna to escape the antisemitism of the Hungarian regime. There he played for SC Hakoah Wien. In 1925 he won another league title when Hakoah won the Austrian League. In April 1926 the SC Hakoah Wien team sailed to New York to play against different American teams. He stayed in the USA and played for the Brooklyn Wanderers, New York Giants, New York Hakoah, New York Soccer Club and the Hakoah All-Stars.

As player he had 6 matches with the Hungarian national football team and scored one goal there.

Coach

Guttmann returned to Europe in 1932. He coached teams in Austria, The Netherlands and Hungary . (SC Hakoah Wien, SC Enschede) He had his first success with Újpest FC in the 1938–39 season. He won the Hungarian League and the Mitropa Cup. How Guttman spent the war years in unclear. Guttmann himself is said to have escaped to Switzerland where he was interned. The years after the Second World War he spent as coach in Italy, South America and Portugal.(São Paulo FC, AC Milan, Benfica Lisabon and others).

Together with Márton Bukovi and Gusztáv Sebes, Guttmann formed a triumvirate of Hungarian coaches who pioneered the 4–2–4 formation. Guttman is also credited with mentoring Eusébio. He was as player and coach always good for controversy. Some people compare his self-confidence with José Mourinho.^[3]