József Braun

Football player infobox
playername = József Braun
fullname = József Braun Barna
dateofbirth = birth date|1901|02|26
cityofbirth = Budapest
countryofbirth = Austria-Hungary
dateofdeath = February 1943
cityofdeath = Kharkiv
countryofdeath =Ukraine
position = Half Back
youthyears = -1916
youthclubs = VAC Budapest
years = 1916-1925
1929
1929-1930
clubs = MTK Budapest
Brooklyn Hakoah
Brooklyn Wanderers
caps(goals) =
17 (1)
11 (2)
nationalyears = 1918-1926
nationalteam = Hungary
nationalcaps(goals) = 27 (11)
manageryears = 1935-1938
managerclubs = ŠK Slovan Bratislava

József Braun (born February 26, 1901 in Budapest, Hungary; died February 1943 in Kharkiv, Ukraine) was a Hungarian football (soccer) half back who began his career in Hungary before finishing it in the American Soccer League. He earned 27 caps, scoring 11 goals, with the Hungarian national team. After retiring from playing, he coached for several years.

Club career

Braun played as youth with VAC Budapest. In 1916, he signed for MTK Budapest in the Hungarian League where he played primarily as a right wing back. In 1919, he was selected as the Hungarian Player of the Year. He retired from playing in 1925 after suffering from multiple injuries. During his years with MTK Budapest, Braun won nine Hungarian championships and 2 Hungarian cups. In 1929, he moved to the United States where he attempted a come back with the Brooklyn Hakoah of the American Soccer League. He played seventeen games before moving to the Brooklyn Wanderers in the fall of 1929. He played eleven games during the 1929-1930 season, then retired permanently. [cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) ]

National Team

Braun earned twenty-seven caps, scoring eleven goals, with the Hungarian national team. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/hong-recintlp.html Goalscoring for Hungary National Team] ] His first came in an October 6, 1918 victory over Austria. His last came in a 3-3 tie with Poland in December 1926. He was a member of the Hungarian soccer team at the 1924 Summer Olympics where he played two games. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=292693/index.html FIFA Player Profile] ]

Coach

Braun later coached ŠK Slovan Bratislava from 1935 to 1938.

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