István Urbányi (born 17 April 1967 in

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) is a Hungarian former

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player and coach.

Career

As a player, he spent most of his career at Bp. Honvéd and Győri ETO as a defender and midfielder. In 1990, he played two games for

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After a nearly two decade-long career, in 1999 he also trialled with

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in Norway. He was the head coach of

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from December 2006 to April 2008. In the end of February 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of the national team of Maldives. His first assignment as the coach of the Maldives was the AFC Challenge Cup qualification, where Maldives faced Bhutan, Philippines and Turkmenistan. His contract ran out in 2010 and following the sides could not reach an agreement over an extension, Urbányi left the Maldives. After a brief spell on the bench of

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, he was recalled by the

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and worked again in the island nation between October 2011 and December 2013. He joined the ranks of the

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youth academy as a coach after the invitation of his longtime friend and team manager

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Sources

pepsifoci.hu: Urbányi István, az Újpest vezetőedzője
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