István Sztáni (; born 19 March 1937) is a Hungarian

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and a former player who played as a

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. Sztani left Hungary for

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and faced a one-year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship in

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. At the end of the season he moved to

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of Belgium and stayed there until 1965 when he returned to Frankfurt. In his second stint he amounted 21 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht. In the 1975–76 season, Sztáni was manager at

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in the 2. Bundesliga Süd, but was fired on 31 March 1976 when the planned promotion to the

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was almost out of reach. After this tenure Sztáni managed other numerous clubs.

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