György Mezey (born 7 September 1941) is a Hungarian former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player, who played as a midfielder. He later became a well-regarded coach. He was coach of the Hungary national team from 1983 to 1986, leading the team to the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

. During the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

he was part of FIFA's Technical Study Group.fifa.com: TSG trio ready for action
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Honours

Manager

Budapest Honvéd *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 1990–91 Budapesti VSC *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

runner-up: 1996–97 MOL Fehérvár *

: 2010–11 *

runner-up: 2010–11 * Szuperkupa:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Individual

* Manager of the Year in Hungary: 2009–10

References

Sources

* Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 306. o.,
origo.hu: Mexikótól Matthäusig - Mezey György pályafutása

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* 1941 births Living people Footballers from Bačka Topola Hungarians in Vojvodina Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian football managers Hungarian expatriate football managers Hungary national football team managers Budapest Honvéd FC managers Vasas SC managers Újpest FC managers Fehérvár FC managers 1986 FIFA World Cup managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Kuwait national football team managers Men's association football midfielders Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) managers Expatriate football managers in Finland Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers Budafoki MTE footballers MTK Budapest FC players Al-Yarmouk SC (Kuwait) managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Finland 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub