István "Erwin" Mészáros (4 February 1899 – 28 August 1944) was a Hungarian international

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er and later manager.

Club career

Born in

Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

,István Mészáros
at magyarfutball.hu he was a forward and he played most at a club from his birth-town named Sabaria FC.István Mészáros
at EU-Football.info He also played one season with Törekvés SE beforejoning Sabaria, and then after leaving Sabariiia he had a successful spell at

Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village ...

by being part of the squad at their season when they won their first ever Hungarian championship.István Mészáros
at nela.hu

International career

He played 3 matches for the Hungarian national team, one in 1926 against Austria (a 3-2 win), and two in 1927, against Czechoslovakia (a 4-1 defeat) and Yugoslavia (a 5-1 defeat). He scored the only Hungarian goal in the match versus Czechoslovakia.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, he became a manager. He coached in Italy between 1934 and 1937.Hungarian Players and Coaches in Italy
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(see under coaches), retrieved 27-12-2013 First he coached Pistoiese in the 1934–35 Serie B finish remarkably well in third place of the Girone B at the end of the season. However, in the 1935–36 Serie B Mészáros´s Pistoiese only avoided relegation in the play-off´s, after finishing 12th. Mészáros then left Pistoiese and joined Sampierdarenese which is one of the predecessors of Sampdoria and coached them in the 1936–37 season. He moved to the

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and took charge of BSK Belgrade by mid 1939. BSK made an impressive run in the 1939 Mitropa CupMatch report
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(marked as Erwin Mészáros) by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament that year. His countryman Sándor Nemes coached BSK in their quarter-finals win over Slavia Prague, and then Mészáros took BSK and lead them in the semi-final matches against Újpest. After that, he returned to his native Hungary and, coincidentally, took charge of Újpest FC finishing in third place in the 1939–40 Hungarian championship only one point behind champions Ferencvárosi TC. Then he returned to Yugoslavia, to BSK, and coached them in the 1940–41 Serbian League. They won the league, however because of the beginning of World War II, the final stage of the Yugoslav championship was not held. In 1941, with World War II already in its peak, he left Yugoslav capital Belgrade and for a short period he coached Hungarian side Salgótarjáni BTC, however still during 1941 he would return to Yugoslavia, although to

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, now under Hungarian occupation, to coach NAK Novi Sad, which was now known in its Hungarian name as Újvidéki AC and was included in the Hungarian league system.István Mészáros
at nela.hu He would stay with Újvidéki AC until 1944, when Hungarian forces abandoned the city. He also coached Szombathelyi around 1943. He died on 28 August 1944, in

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, nowadays Ukraine, but back then known as Ungvár, while still part of Hungary. He was also known as Erwin Meszaros.

Honours

As player: ;Újpest *

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: 1929–30 As coach: ;BSK Belgrade * Serbian League: 1940–41

References

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