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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1946-10-27)27 October 1946 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Ózd,Hungary | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1984–1985 | Egri FC | ||
| 1986–1989 | Békéscsabai Előre | ||
| 1989–1995 | Vác | ||
| 1995–1996 | Proodeftiki F.C. | ||
| 1996–1997 | Hungary | ||
| 1998–1999 | Vác | ||
| 2000–2002 | Ferencváros | ||
| 2002–2003 | Siófok | ||
| 2003–2004 | Videoton | ||
| 2005–2006 | Sopron | ||
| 2006 | Győri ETO | ||
| 2006–2007 | Diósgyőr | ||
| 2007–2008 | Ferencváros | ||
| 2008–2011 | Zalaegerszegi TE | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gyirmót SE | ||
| 2013–2015 | Vác FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | Zalaegerszegi TE | ||
| 2017– | Kárpátalja | ||
János Csank (born 27 October 1946, inÓzd,Hungary) is a Hungarian formergoalkeeper and football manager.[1]
Csank won theNational-Championship twice, first in 1994 withVác FC-Samsung and in 2001 in charge ofFerencváros.[2]
He resigned from Ferencváros in April 2008 after a 2–2 draw againstMakó leftFradi in third place, eight points behindNemzeti Bajnokság II (Eastern Group) leadersKecskeméti TE.[3]
Csank wasmanager of theHungary national football team between April 1996 and November 1997. During this time, Hungary advanced from the World Cup qualification group but suffered a devastating 1–7, 5–0 defeat againstFR Yugoslavia.
After the losses against Yugoslavia, Csank resigned from his position and was followed byBertalan Bicskei.[4]
Csank is recognizable for his dark humor. At half-time in the losing match against the Yugoslavian team, when a reporter asked him what he was going to say to the players, he replied: "Surely not to keep it up!".[5] At the end of this match, at the interview he said that the major cause of the loss was, "I didn't know that some of my players were so lame."[6]
