József Albert
{{Short description|Hungarian footballer (1912–1994)}}
{{Hungarian name|Albert József}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1912|05|07|df=y}}
|birth_place = Nyustya, Kingdom of Hungary
|death_date = {{death date and age|1994|04|16|1912|05|07|df=y}}
|death_place = Budapest, Hungary
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|years1 = 1930–1941
|clubs1 = Szegedi AK
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|manageryears1 = 1941
|managerclubs1 = FK Sport Bezdan
|manageryears2 = 1945–1951
|managerclubs2 = Szegedi AK
|manageryears3 = 1956–1959
|managerclubs3 = Syria
|manageryears4 = 1961–1963
|managerclubs4 = Komlói Bányász SK
|manageryears5 = 1964–1965
|managerclubs5 = Videoton FC
|manageryears6 = 1966
|managerclubs6 = Szombathelyi Haladás VSE
|manageryears7 = 1967
|managerclubs7 = Lebanon
|manageryears8 = 1969
|managerclubs8 = Szombathelyi Haladás VSE
|manageryears9 = 1970
|managerclubs9 = Vasas SC
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József Albert (7 May 1912 – 16 April 1994) was a Hungarian football player and coach. He played his entire career for Szegedi AK (1930–1941). Following his retirement as a player, he coached several Hungarian teams (1941–1970), in addition to the Syria (1956–1959) and Lebanon (1967) national teams.
Playing career
Albert played for Szegedi AK from 1930 until 1941.{{cite web|url=http://www.vidi.hu/jatekosok/albert-jozsef.html|title=Albert József|work=vidi.hu|language=Hungarian|access-date=29 November 2017}}
Managerial career
Albert mainly coached Hungarian teams such as FK Sport Bezdan, Szegedi AK, Komlói Bányász SK, Videoton FC, Szombathelyi Haladás VSE and Vasas SC. He won the Mitropa Cup with Vasas SC in 1970.
Albert went to the Middle East in 1950s to coach the Syria national football team in which he won the 1957 Pan Arab Games,{{cite web|url=http://www.kassioun.org/economy-and-society/item/9604-2014-08-28-19-24-07/9604-2014-08-28-19-24-07|title="المدربون" وجع مزمن في جسد الكرة السورية..!|work=kassioun.org|language=Arabic|date=28 August 2014|access-date=29 November 2017}} and later in Lebanon in 1967. During Lebanon's participation in the 1968 Summer Olympics qualifiers, held in Tokyo, Japan, from September to October 1967, Albert was unable to obtain a visa for Japan and was replaced by Joseph Nalbandian.L'Orient (in French). 20 September 1967.
Honours
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References
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{{Syria national football team managers}}
{{Videoton FC managers}}
{{Lebanon national football team managers}}
{{Vasas SC managers}}
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Category:Hungarian men's footballers
Category:Hungarian football managers
Category:Hungarian expatriate football managers
Category:Syria national football team managers
Category:Lebanon national football team managers
Category:Szombathelyi Haladás football managers
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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