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| Date of birth | (1950-07-15)15 July 1950 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pomáz, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Kossuth KFSE | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Budapesti Spartacus SC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1976 | Budapest Honvéd | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Szegedi EOL AK | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1981 | MTK | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Hungary (olympic) | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | BVSC Budapest | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Érdi VSE | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | MTK | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Dunaújváros | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | MTK | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Vasas SC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Al Salmiya Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Győri ETO | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Hungary (youth)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Diósgyőr | ||||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Sándor Egervári (born 15 July 1950) is a Hungarianfootball manager and former player.
He attended theUniversity of Physical Education in Budapest and qualified as a football coach in 1983. He has completed theUEFA A and B course and as well as the pro license course. He has managed clubs to the domestic title and cup success.
1971–1972 Hungarian First Division – Spartacus S.E
1972–1981 Hungarian First Division – Budapest Honvéd and MTK VM
1974 Member of the national Olympic team
Egervári's coaching career began as an assistant coach in Hungary's last appearance at a world cup. This was in theMexico 1986 tournament, when Hungary were one of the best European sides in the world. He was assistant coach for the national team for three years in total.
He then had a two-year spell, as assistant coach, to theKuwaiti national team from 1986–88. Egervári then returned home to Hungary, with a growing reputation as a top coach. He assisted József Both, for a season and then helpedGyörgy Mezey, over the next two years atHonvéd, during the years 1988–91, where he helped the Budapest club to two titles among other successes. This was achieved with both managers, in the capacity of assistant manager. Honvéd also fared well in European competition during his time there.
With domestic success behind him, Egervári moved to the now extinct club,BVSC Budapest. He took over when they were bottom, but worked his magic with them. BVSC were league and cup runners-up in his successful time there. Egervári then spent a short time inSaudi Arabia, coachingAl-Ittihad, before the lure of further success in Hungary followed. In 1998, he took over atMTK and guided them to the title andHungarian Cup success.
One of his most notable successes followed when he moved to Dunaújváros in 1999. Once again his good coaching skills worked wonders and they were champions in his second season there. Dunaferr also enjoyed success in the European Cup, when they beat Hajduk Split on their journeys. The following season saw Egervári guide Dunaújváros to a runner-up spot.
He then returned to Budapest to once again manage MTK. He brought them the championship in his first year there. MTK also won that year's Super Cup trophy to bring the good times back to the famous Budapest club.
A short stint in charge of Vasas SC then followed, before he packed his bags once more and headed back to Kuwait.
He took the Al Salmiya Club to third spot and also managed to help them finish in the top 4 of the GCC cup.
In 2007, Egervári headed toGyőr, in Hungary, and took this club from close to bottom of the league to third spot, and qualification into the UEFA Cup. This was made even more special as it was the first time in 22 years that Győri ETO FC made it into Europe. He helped Győr beat Zestaponi of Georgia, over two legs, before meeting German giants VfB Stuttgart in the next round. His young Győr side suffered numerous injuries, with key captain Peter Stark, breaking his ribs, which resulted in him missing most of the season. Győr also suffered from fatigue after their involvement in the UEFA Cup, and the management of the club decided to do without his services in December 2008.
Egervári spent a short period of six months out of the game, deciding to focus on improving his English language skills during that time. He did receive offers from clubs for his services, but felt that he needed to properly recharge his batteries. He then received an offer that he simply could not refuse. The then President of the Hungarian FA, Istvan Kisteleki, offered him the U20 national team manager's job, with little over a month before the2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Egypt. He accepted, and began to work on his young squad with very little time allowed. Egervári once again proved his worth by guiding the little fancied Hungarians to a bronze medal position in the finals, which included big wins over theItaly national under-20 football team andCzech Republic national under-20 football team.
His young Hungarian side returned to Budapest airport amidst wild celebrations, with over a thousand people welcoming home his side. It was perhaps the best achievement from a Hungarian side since the1954 FIFA World Cup finals in Switzerland. He took on the additional role of U21 team manager and defeated the Italian U21 side in Hungary with a 2–0 win. The U21s currently sit in second place, with every chance of qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic games.
The departure of DutchmanErwin Koeman resulted in Egervári being the obvious choice[citation needed] to manage the full Hungary national side for the first time. He was officially appointed on 23 July 2010, with his first task being to take the Hungary national side to England for a friendly atWembley Stadium on 11 August 2010. Once again he had been given the challenge of preparing his side with very little time, but as his success in Egypt with the U-20 side showed, he was more than up to the challenge.
In theEuro 2012 qualifying, Egervári debuted againstSweden by losing 2–0 in Stockholm on 3 September 2010. On home turf his debut was a 2–1 win againstMoldova. In their third match the team crushedSan Marino 8–0 atPuskás Ferenc Stadium. Their second away match was inHelsinki Olympic Stadium, whereÁdám Szalai scored the opening goal.Mikael Forssell equalized the result in the 88th minute, but Hungary won the match on a late goal byBalázs Dzsudzsák in the 94th minute.In 2011 Hungary played their first match againstAzerbaijan inMaktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum,Dubai. In the 37th minute,Gergely Rudolf scored a goal. The second goal was scored byTamás Hajnal in the 81st minute. Hungary beat Azerbaijan 2–0 in a friendly match. The first match in theEuro 2012 Qualifiers was against theNetherlands at home in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium on 25 March 2011. Hungary was beaten by 4–1 in front of 23,817 supporters. The second match was four days later on 29 March 2011. Hungary was beaten by 5–3 in a thrilling match. Gergely Rudolf scored the equalizer (1–1),Gera Zoltán scored the second Hungarian goal (1–2) and the third goal (3–3). Finally, the Netherlands beat Hungary 5–3 in theAmsterdam Arena. In March 2011, Hungary was third in their group. One of the most important success of Egervári's coaching career was theEuro 2012 qualifying between Hungary andSweden. Due to the injuries of key people like Balázs Dzsudzsák,Roland Juhász, andZoltán Gera, nobody expected a victory against Sweden.[citation needed] On 2 September 2011, Szabics scored against Sweden at the Puskás Ferenc Stadium in the last minutes of the first half. However, Sweden equalized in the second half. A late goal by Szabics's fellow striker Gergely Rudolf resulted the celebration of 25,000 spectators after beating Sweden in theEuro 2012 qualifying by 2–1.[2]
On 11 October 2013, Egervári resigned immediately after an 8–1 defeat against theNetherlands in Amsterdam in a penultimate game in theFIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying round, in which Hungary had the chance of securing a second place in Group D that could have entitled it to play-off games.[3] He was remembered for the renaissance of modern Hungarian football, and contributed for Hungary's later success inUEFA Euro 2016.
On 29 December 2015, he was appointed as the manager ofNemzeti Bajnokság I clubDiósgyőri VTK.
Egervári has picked up many awards over his years as a top coach in both Hungary and theMiddle East. He was manager of the year in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2009.[4]
