Márton Bukovi (10 December 1903 – 2 February 1985) was a Hungarian association football player and manager. After playing for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

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and

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he became a coach, most notably with Građanski Zagreb,

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and

. Together with

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and

Gusztáv Sebes Gusztáv Sebes (born Gusztáv Scharenpeck; 22 January 1906 – 30 January 1986) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the ''Mighty Magyars'' in the 1950s. A ...

, he formed a trio of innovative Hungarian coaches who pioneered the 4–2–4 formation.

Career

Bukovi began his coaching career with Građanski Zagreb in 1935, and subsequently guided the club to two Yugoslav and two Croatian league titles. After the

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, Građanski was banned and replaced with

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and Bukovi remained on as manager of the new club. In 1947 Bukovi was appointed manager of

MTK Hungária FC Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a Hungarian football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest. The team currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most suc ...

. In 1949 when Hungary became a

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, MTK were taken over by the secret police, the ÁVH, and subsequently the club became known as ''Textiles SE''. They then became ''Bástya SE'', then ''Vörös Lobogó SE'' and then finally back to MTK. Despite this turmoil, the 1950s proved a successful era for the club and with a team that included

Péter Palotás Péter Palotás (27 June 1929 – 17 May 1967), born as Péter Poteleczky, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward for MTK Budapest FC and Hungary. During the 1950s he was a fringe member of the team known as the ''Mighty Magyars'' ...

Nándor Hidegkuti Nándor Hidegkuti (3 March 1922 – 14 February 2002) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a ...

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and József Zakariás, Bukovi guided them to three

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titles and a

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. In

Bukovi became a legend for the fans, and wrote history in Greek football by gaining 12 consecutive victories. He transformed Olympiacos and produced many young

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players. Eventually he was forced to leave the club after a string of poor results in the 1967–68 season but mainly because of the

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, labeled as a communist. He was forced to resign on 12 December 1967 and left Greece along with his assistant coach

on 21 December 1967. Bukovi also played a major role in the success of the legendary

team known as the ''Mighty Magyars''. It was Bukovi, working at MTK with

and

, who developed the vital 4-2-4 formation, later adopted by national coach

and exported to

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. This formation involved the use of either Palotás or Hidegkuti as a ''deep lying centre-forward''. In 1953 Hidegkuti would exploit this position to great effect as he scored a

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for Hungary when they beat

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6-3 at

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. During the ''Mighty Magyar'' era, Bukovi also worked as an assistant to Sebes and in March 1956, when the latter was sacked as national coach, he succeeded him. On 23 September 1956 he coached a

team that included

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and

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to a 1–0 victory over the

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at the ''Lenin Stadium''. This was the first time the USSR had lost at home.

Honours

Player

FC Sète 34 *

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: 1 **1934 *

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: 1 **1934 Ferencvárosi TC * Hungarian Champions: 4 **1926, 1927, 1928, 1932 *

: 3 **1927, 1928, 1933 *

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: 1 **1928

Manager

Građanski Zagreb * Yugoslav Champions: 2 **1937, 1940 * Croatian Champions: 1 ** 1943 MTK/Textiles/Bástya/Vörös Lobogó * Hungarian Champions: 3 **1951, 1953, 1958 *

: 1 **1952 Olympiacos F.C. * Greek Champions: 2 **1966, 1967

Sources

*''Behind The Curtain - Travels in Eastern European Football'': Jonathan Wilson (2006
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe

References

External links

''Puskás on Puskás'' Rogan Taylor and Klara Jamrich (1998) Hungary V USSR, 1956
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