István Sztáni (ˈiʃtvaːn ˈstɒni; born 19 March 1937) is a former football manager

Coach (sport)

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 and a retired Hungarian

Hungary

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 football

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 striker.

Sztani left Hungary for Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

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 and faced a one year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship

German football champions

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 in 1959

German football championship 1959

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. At the end of the season he moved to Standard Liège

Standard Liège

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 of Belgium and stayed there until 1965 when he returned to Frankfurt. In his second stint he amounted 21 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht.

In the season 1975-76 Sztani was manager at VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

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 in der 2. Bundesliga Süd

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 but was fired on 31 March 1976 when the planned promotion 1. Bundesliga

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 was almost out of reach.

After this tenure Sztani managed other numerous clubs.

External links

• István Sztáni at eintracht-archiv.de