Elemér Berkessy (20 June 1905 – 7 July 1993), also referred to as Emilio Berkessy or Emil Berkessy, was a Hungarian footballer and coach.

Playing career

Berkessy joined

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in 1928, and with them he was the champion of Hungary twice, in 1927-28 and in 1931-32, helping his team winning the championship with a 100 percent result in the 1931-32 season. He was also part of the team that won the 1927-28 Hungarian Cup and the 1928 Mitropa Cup. He was also capped 7 times for

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. He then moved to

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, first in the newly founded Division 1 with

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, before moving to

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. He won the Catalonia Cup with

both in the 1934–35 and in the 1935-36 season. Berkessy finished his player career in

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with

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of Division 2.

Coach career

After his playing career, he became a coach, starting off as the head coach of Tatabánya Miner in 1939. Between 1941 and 1947 he coached four other Hungarian teams ( Salgótarján Miner,

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), but the highlight of his coaching career came in Italy with

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, A.S. Biellese 1902, Rosignano Calcio and Spain with

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and

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. He also became the first foreign manager in the

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in 1954 with Grimsby Town F.C. (originally from Rob Briggs' ''Sing When We're Fishing'', Issue 51)

Honours

;Ferencvárosi TC * Hungarian Championship League *Champions (2): 1927-28 and 1931-32 *Runner-up (3): 1928-29 and 1929-30 *

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*Champions (1): 1927–28 *Runner-up (1): 1931–32 *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, Mitteleuropäischer Pokal or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European association football, football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the suc ...

*Champions (1): 1928 Mitropa Cup

References

External links

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La Liga player stats
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