József Garami (née Glück; 9 August 1939 – 19 April 2025) was a Hungarian football player and manager who played as a

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Managerial career

Hungary

On 9 September 1987, Garami coached the Hungary national team in a 2–0 loss against

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. He led the team for four more matches, including two victories over

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and

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in the Euro 1988 qualifiers.

MTK Budapest

Garami won the

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with

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. He repeated his success with the MTK Budapest by winning 2007-08 season.

Personal life and death

The youth academy of

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was named after him in 2019. Garami died in Pécs, Hungary on 19 April 2025, at the age of 85.

References

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