| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1899-02-04)4 February 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Szombathely,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 1944(1944-08-28) (aged 45) | ||
| Place of death | Ungvár,Hungary | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1926 | Törekvés | 1 | (0) |
| 1926–1929 | Sabaria | 48 | (18) |
| 1929–1930 | Újpest | 7 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1926–1927 | Hungary | 3 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1934–1936 | Pistoiese | ||
| 1936–1937 | Sampierdarenese | ||
| 1939 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1939–1940 | Újpest | ||
| 1940–1941 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1941 | Salgótarjáni BTC | ||
| 1941–1942 | Újvidéki AC | ||
| 1942–1943 | Szombathelyi | ||
| 1943–1944 | Újvidéki AC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
István "Erwin" Mészáros (4 February 1899 – 28 August 1944) was aHungarian internationalfootballer and, later, manager.
Born inSzombathely,[1] he was a forward and he played most at a club from his birth-town,Sabaria FC.[2] He also played one season withTörekvés SE beforejoning Sabaria, and then after leaving Sabariiia he had a successful spell atÚjpest by being part of the squad at their season when they won their first ever Hungarian championship.[3]
He played 3 matches for theHungarian national team,[3] one in 1926 against Austria (a 3-2 win), and two in 1927, against Czechoslovakia (a 4-1 defeat) and Yugoslavia (a 5-1 defeat). He scored the only Hungarian goal in the match versus Czechoslovakia.[2]
After retiring from playing, he became a manager. He coached in Italy between 1934 and 1937.[4] First he coachedPistoiese[1] in the1934–35 Serie B finish remarkably well in third place of the Girone B at the end of the season. However, in the1935–36 Serie B Mészáros´s Pistoiese only avoided relegation in the play-off´s, after finishing 12th. Mészáros then left Pistoiese and joinedSampierdarenese[1] which is one of the predecessors ofSampdoria and coached them in the 1936–37 season.[4]
He moved to theKingdom of Yugoslavia and took charge ofBSK Belgrade[1] by mid 1939. BSK made an impressive run in the 1939Mitropa Cup[5] by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament that year. His countrymanSándor Nemes coached BSK in their quarter-finals win over Slavia Prague,[6] and then Mészáros took BSK and lead them in the semi-final matches against Újpest.[5] After that, he returned to his native Hungary and, coincidentally, took charge ofÚjpest FC[1] finishing in third place in the1939–40 Hungarian championship only one point behind champions Ferencvárosi TC. Then he returned to Yugoslavia, to BSK, and coached them in the1940–41 Serbian League.[1] They won the league, however because of the beginning of World War II, the final stage of the Yugoslav championship was not held.
In 1941, with World War II already in its peak, he left Yugoslav capital Belgrade and for a short period he coached Hungarian sideSalgótarjáni BTC,[1] however still during 1941 he would return to Yugoslavia, although toNovi Sad, nowunder Hungarian occupation, to coachNAK Novi Sad, which was now known in its Hungarian name as Újvidéki AC[1] and was included in the Hungarian league system.[7] He would stay with Újvidéki AC until 1944, when Hungarian forces abandoned the city. He also coachedSzombathelyi around 1943.[1]
He died on 28 August 1944, inUzhhorod, nowadays Ukraine, but back then known as Ungvár, while still part of Hungary.[1] He was also known as Erwin Meszaros.[5]
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