Désiré Koranyi
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Désiré Koranyi aka Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

-French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player. He played club football most notably with FC Sète
FC Sète
FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double....

 where he won the Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 in 1938-39
French football Division 1 1938–39
FC Sète won Division 1 season 1938/1939, the last professional football season before World War II, of the French Association Football League with 42 points.-Participating teams:-Final table:...

. He was capped five times for France
France national football team
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, scoring five goals.
He then enjoyed a coaching career with FC Sète
FC Sète
FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double....

 and FC Metz
FC Metz
Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its...

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He had two brothers who were also footballers: Lajos Korányi
Lajos Korányi
Lajos Korányi Kronenberger was a Hungarian footballer. He played for Újszegedi TC, Csabai Előre, Ferencváros, Phöbus FC, Nemzeti SC and for the Hungarian national team. He appeared at the 1938 FIFA World Cup....

 and Mátyás Korányi
Mátyás Korányi
Mátyás Korányi was a Hungarian international footballer who played professionally in France for Olympique Lillois. His two brothers Désiré and Lajos were also footballers....

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