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Lajos Baróti (; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian
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player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the most outstanding coaches of his time.


Career

Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 for
Szegedi AK Szegedi Atlétikai Klub, known simply as Szegedi AK, was a Hungarian football club from the town of Szeged, Hungary. History Szegedi AK debuted in the 1926–27 season of the Hungarian League and finished in seventh place. The team played 22 s ...
and from 1946 to 1948 Győri ETO. Between 1939 and 1941 he also played twice for the
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at nela.hu 1957 he was appointed head coach of the national team. Until 1966 and between 1975 and 1978 he led the side through 117 matches. He led Hungary to the
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of 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1978, the
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of 1960 in
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and the
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where the team finished third. The greatest success was winning the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in
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. Between 1971 and 1972 he had a stint as coach of the Peruvian national team: in 1971 he led the Peru olympic team during the Pre-Olympic Tournament. His most successful time as club coach was from 1967 and 1971 with Újpesti Dózsa in
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, where he laid the beginnings of the club's golden era. The front row consisting of Fazekas – Göröcs – Bene – Dunai II – Zámbó was one of the finest of the 1970s. He took the club to doubles of cup and championship in 1969 and 1970 as well as to a third consecutive championship in 1971, the first titles for the club in a decade. He also took the club to the finals of the
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of 1968–69 against
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, however losing there 0–3 and 2–3. Baróti enjoyed further successes with
Vasas SC Vasas SC () is a Hungarian sports club based in Budapest. Members of the ''Hungarian Union of Iron Workers'' founded the club as ''Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja'', the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club ...
,
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in Austria and
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, there winning a Portuguese Supercup in 1980 and a double in 1981.


Honours


Club

Vasas SC *
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 ...
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1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Újpesti Dózsa *
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 ...
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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
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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 ...
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1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...
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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
Innsbruck *
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: 1978–79 Benfica *
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
: 1980–81 *
Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
: 1980–81


International

Hungary *
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gold medal:
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baroti, Lajos 1914 births 2005 deaths Footballers from Szeged Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Szeged LC footballers Győri ETO FC players Hungarian football managers Hungarian expatriate football managers 1958 FIFA World Cup managers 1962 FIFA World Cup managers 1964 European Nations' Cup managers 1966 FIFA World Cup managers 1978 FIFA World Cup managers Győri ETO FC managers Budapesti VSC managers Vasas SC managers Hungary national football team managers Újpest FC managers Peru national football team managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate football managers in Peru FC Wacker Innsbruck managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Austria S.L. Benfica managers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Austria Expatriate football managers in Portugal Men's association football defenders Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen