Gyula Kertész (also known as ''Julius Kertész''; 29 February 1888 – 1 May 1982) was a Hungarian international
footballer
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who played as a
winger alongside his two brothers,
Vilmos and
Adolf
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.
Kertész was born in
Kálnica
Kálnica ( hu, Kalános) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1396.
Geography
The municipality lies at an ...
in what was then Hungary, and was Jewish.
Playing career
Kertész played club football for
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestlin ...
in 1906–07 to 1911–12.
He also played international football for
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
, where he earned one cap against Austria in 1912.
In 1911, to supplement his income, along with fellow MTK player
Izidor Kürschner
Izidor "Dori" Kürschner, in Brazil primarily known as Dori Kruschner, (29 June 1885 – 8 December 1941), was a Hungarian football player and coach. As player he was successful with Budapest club MTK, and also played for the Hungary nation ...
he set up a photographic studio.
Coaching career
Kertész coached several clubs in Germany, such as
Union Altona (1921–1924) and
Victoria Hamburg
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(1924–1928), and in other countries including France and
Scandinavia
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during the 1920s. He managed Swiss side
FC Basel
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between 1928 and 1930. In January 1931 he took over at
Hamburger SV
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, where he successfully revamped the team, adding
Rudolf Noack and other promising new players until he was appointed by