Árpád Soós (born 20 April 1962) is a

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football manager. He coached

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from 1995 to 1997. In 2010, he became manager of

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. Lausanne-Sport only played in the second highest league, the

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, but struggled and

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was sacked. Soós was only tied to the club by a handshake contract, lasting until 15 May 2010. Lausanne-Sport was ultimately led by Soós to the

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final. Though they lost greatly, 6–0 to Basel, the berth in the final earned Lausanne-Sport a ticket to the 2010–11 Europa League second qualifying round. From there, the team progressed to the

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. Three days after the cup final, the news emerged that Soós would no longer manage Lausanne-Sport. He served as director of sports in

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in 2012. Servette had been in turmoil in 2011–12, when João Alves was fired as manager in the fall; however, with a change of club president, the manager who replaced Alves was shown the door alongside director of sports

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, allowing Soós to replace Costinha.

References

1962 births Living people Swiss football managers FC Lausanne-Sport managers FC Stade Nyonnais managers Place of birth missing (living people) Servette FC non-playing staff {{Switzerland-footy-bio-stub