Ferenc Molnár (footballer)

{{Short description|Hungarian footballer and manager}}

{{For|other people known by this name|Ferenc Molnár (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ferenc Molnár

| image = Ferenc Molnár.jpg

| fullname = Ferenc Molnár

| birth_date = 8 April 1891

| birth_place = Érd, Austria-Hungary

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| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = MTK Budapest

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| years2 = 1920–1922

| clubs2 = Spes Genova

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| years3 = 1922–1923

| clubs3 = Spezia

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| years4 = 1923–1924

| clubs4 = Anconitana

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| years5 = 1924–1925

| clubs5 = Verona

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| years6 = 1925–1926

| clubs6 = Fiume

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| manageryears1 = 1926–1927

| managerclubs1 = Biellese

| manageryears2 = 1927

| managerclubs2 = Andrea Doria

| manageryears3 = 1927–1928

| managerclubs3 = Napoli

| manageryears4 = 1927–1928

| managerclubs4 = Casale

| manageryears5 = 1930–1931

| managerclubs5 = Lazio

| manageryears6 = 1931–1932

| managerclubs6 = Novara

| manageryears7 = 1932–1933

| managerclubs7 = Alessandria

| manageryears8 = 1933–1934

| managerclubs8 = Anconitana

| manageryears9 = 1934–1935

| managerclubs9 = Cagliari

| manageryears10 = 1937–1938

| managerclubs10 = Fiorentina

| manageryears11 = 1938–1939

| managerclubs11 = Juve Domodossola

| manageryears12 = 1939–1940

| managerclubs12 = Varese

| manageryears13 = 1940–1941

| managerclubs13 = Lazio

| manageryears14 = 1941

| managerclubs14 = Ambrosiana-Inter

| manageryears15 = 1942–1943

| managerclubs15 = Udinese

| manageryears16 = 1943

| managerclubs16 = Reggiana

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Ferenc Molnár (8 April 1891 – ?) was a Hungarian football player and manager. As a player, he played as a midfielder{{Worldfootball.net|ferenc-molnar_2}} and competed with MTK Budapest for thirteen years[https://www.rsssf.org/players/hong-players-in-it.html RSSSF.com] before moving to Italy to play for and manage many clubs.

From 1920 onwards, starting with Spes Genova; Molnár acted as a player-manager, eventually in 1926 he became just a manager. For much of the time that Molnár was a manager he moved around each season, spending spells at numerous clubs. In 1943 he was forced to leave Italy when the Hungarian army reserve drafted him.

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