Rudolf Jeny (also spelt as ''Jenny'', ''Jeney'' or ''Jenei''; 2 March 1901 – 14 May 1975) was a
Hungarian football
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player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Jeny was born in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
. A
forward
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People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, Jeny played club football for hometown side
Kispest AC and
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestlin ...
. He also represented the
Hungarian national side at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
, and earned a total of 20 caps for the team between 1919 and 1926.
Coaching career
Jeny managed Spanish side
Atlético Madrid
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between 1930 and 1933, Portuguese side
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...
in 1933–34 and
Győri ETO FC
ETO FC Győr (''Egyetértés Torna Osztály Futball Club Győr''; ''Concordance Gymnastics Department Football Club of Győr'') or just ETO, is a football club from the city of Győr in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the semi-finals of ...
in 1955.
[http://www.etofc.hu/index.php?op=content&sel=189]
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1901 births
1975 deaths
Association football forwards
Hungarian footballers
Hungary international footballers
Olympic footballers of Hungary
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Hungarian football managers
MTK Budapest FC players
Sporting CP footballers
Atlético Madrid managers
CSM Jiul Petroșani managers
Sporting CP managers
Vasas SC managers
Győri ETO FC managers
Zalaegerszegi TE managers
Footballers from Budapest
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Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal