Gyula Bíró (25 April 1890 – 14 June 1951) was a Hungarian Olympic football player and írómanager of Jewish heritage.

Playing career

Club career

Bíró spent his career as player playing for MTK Hungária FC, where he made first team debut in 1905 as the age of 15 as midfielder. Later he also played as forward. He retired from football as player at the age of 26 after playing 135 games in the Hungarian League and scoring 17 goals.

Gyula Bíró

International career

As part of Hungary, Bíró completed at 1912 Olympics.

Gyula Bíró

Coaching career

He started his coaching career with 1. FC Nürnberg in 1920, before moving to Poland in 1923, where he coached Hasmonea Lwów and later the Olympic national team in 1924. From June 1924 until November 1925, he was a coach of Warta Poznań. He later returned to Germany as coach of FC Saarbrücken during the 1926–27 season.

Gyula Bíró

Bíró coached FC Baia Mare in Romania in 1930s, before moving to the Spanish squad Atlético Marte. He left Europe before the start of World War II and went to Mexico. He worked as an engineer too in the places where he lived, and he died at the age of 71 in Mexico.

See also

List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

External links

Profile of Gyula Bíró on JewsInSports.org

1890 births

1951 deaths

Jewish Hungarian sportspeople

Footballers from Budapest

Jewish men's footballers

Hungarian men's footballers

Hungary men's international footballers

MTK Budapest FC players

Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Hungarian expatriate football managers

Expatriate football managers in Romania

Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania

1. FC Nürnberg managers

Warta Poznań managers

1. FC Saarbrücken managers

CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) managers

Men's association football midfielders

Hungarian emigrants to Mexico