Désiré Koranyi (28 January 1914 – 9 January 1981), a.k.a. Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-

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player. He played club soccer most notably with

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where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39. He was capped five times for

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, scoring five goals. He then enjoyed a coaching career with

and

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. He had two brothers who were also footballers: Lajos Korányi and Mátyás Korányi. Désiré played for

for 15 years and scored 174 goals in 196 games.

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Profile at French federation official site
1914 births 1981 deaths French men's footballers France men's international footballers Hungarian emigrants to France Naturalized citizens of France FC Sète 34 players AC Arlésien players Montpellier HSC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers AC Arlésien managers FC Metz managers FC Sète 34 managers ESA Brive players Men's association football forwards 20th-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-forward-1910s-stub