Péter Bozsik (born 30 October 1961) is a
football
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manager and son of the international player
József Bozsik, who was part of the
Golden Team of the 1950s and managed the Hungarian team in 1974.
After an unremarkable football player career, Péter Bozsik turned manager and was so far employed by
Vasas SC,
Zalaegerszegi TE and
Szombathelyi Haladás. Bozsik achieved his first success a third position in the Hungarian Championship with Vasas SC. The team from Zalaegerszeg, where he was from 2001 to 2003, he led to its greatest success, their first
Hungarian Championship in 2002. During the 2002–03
UEFA Champions League, ZTE defeated
Croatian champions
NK Zagreb
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and caused an upset with their surprise 1–0 victory against
Manchester United
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in the first leg of their qualifier. The decisive goal was scored by the 20-year-old substitute
Koplárovics Béla who instantly became a celebrity and a household name with Hungarian football
fans.
In May 2006 he became as successor to
Lothar Matthäus manager of the
Hungary national team. However his tenure ended already in October the same year, after a defeat against
Malta.
He was followed by
Péter Várhidi
Péter Várhidi (born 8 May 1958 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian football coach who was national coach of the national team.
Career
As a player, he spent most of his career at Újpesti Dózsa as a defender, but never played in the Nemzeti ...
.
Honours
*
Hungarian Championship: 2002 (with
Zalaegerszegi TE)
References
1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian footballers
Pénzügyőr SE footballers
Hungarian football managers
Pénzügyőr SE managers
Vasas SC managers
Hungary national football team managers
Zalaegerszegi TE managers
Szombathelyi Haladás football managers
Association footballers not categorized by position
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