Lajos Baróti (; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian

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player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the outstanding coaches of his era.

Career

Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 for

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and from 1946 to 1948 Győri ETO. Between 1939 and 1941 he also played twice for the

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at nela.hu 1957 he was appointed head coach of the national team. Until 1966 and between 1975 and 1978 he led the side through 117 matches. He led Hungary to the

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of 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1978. At the

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of 1960 in

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and the

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the team finished third. The greatest success was the winning of the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in

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. Between 1971 and 1972 he had a stint as coach of the Peruvian national team: in 1971 he led the Peru olympic team during the Pre-Olympic Tournament. His most successful time as club coach was from 1967 and 1971 with Újpesti Dózsa in

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, where he laid the beginnings of the club's golden era. The front row consisting of Fazekas – Göröcs – Bene – Dunai II – Zámbó was one of the finest of the 1970s. He took the club to doubles of cup and championship in 1969 and 1970 as well as to a third consecutive championship in 1971, the first titles for the club in a decade. He also took the club to the finals of the

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of 1968–69 against

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, however losing there 0–3 and 2–3. Baróti enjoyed further successes with

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, SSW Innsbruck in Austria and

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, there winning a Portuguese Supercup in 1980 and a double in 1981.

Honours

Club

Vasas SC *

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1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

Újpesti Dózsa *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

Innsbruck *

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: 1978–79 Benfica *

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: 1980–81 *

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: 1980–81

International

Hungary *

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gold medal:

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baroti, Lajos 1914 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Szeged Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers Szeged LC footballers Győri ETO FC players Hungarian football managers Hungarian expatriate football managers 1958 FIFA World Cup managers 1962 FIFA World Cup managers 1964 European Nations' Cup managers 1966 FIFA World Cup managers 1978 FIFA World Cup managers Győri ETO FC managers Budapesti VSC managers Vasas SC managers Hungary national football team managers Újpest FC managers Peru national football team managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru FC Wacker Innsbruck managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria S.L. Benfica managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Austria Expatriate football managers in Portugal Association football defenders Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers