- Bertalan Bicskei
Bertalan Bicskei born in
Budapest ,Hungary onSeptember 17 ,1944 is a Hungarian formergoalkeeper and football coach. As a youth player, he played for the most famous Hungarian club side,Ferencvaros , and he also honed his skills inHonved andMTK Budapest , both Premier Division Hungarian sides. As a goalkeeper of great talent, he played many games for the National Youth Team of Hungary, as well as the 13 and A senior National teams. After his playing days were over, he devoted much of his time to coaching and teaching young soccer players on the highest level.From 1977 to 1982, he worked as the coaching director for the
MTK Budapest 's youth programme, and from1982 to1986 he was theYouth Coach Director for the Hungarian national football team. As one of his greatest achievements on that level, under his coaching and guidance, the Under-18 National Team of Hungary, captured theEuropean Youth Championship inMoscow , in1994 .Before moving on to the senior level, Bicskei successfully completed the, work, and graduated at the world renowned soccer academy in
Koln ,Germany in 1986. He is one of just a few Hungarian-born coaches who was able to earn one of the most respected coaching diplomas in the world.fact|date=April 2008 While inGermany , he also studied philosophy, and learned to speak excellent German.In 1987/88 Bicskei become head coach of
Honved Budapest , (that year, Honved won the National title and the Hungarian cup) and his professional career was off to a flying start. In 1999/90 he, was selected to coach the senior national team of Hungary. In 1991 he could not refuse a challenging offer fromSouth Korea and he become head coach ofDaewoo Royals . Under his direction, the club won the national title, national cup, and he was voted, coach of the year inSouth Korea . From 1992 to 1994 he coached clubLuzern inSwitzerland . In the 1995/96 he returned home briefly to coachMTK Budapest .Bicskei packed his suitcase again in
1995 , this time toSaudi Arabia where he coached theAl Riyadh club in the 1995/96 seasons. During his stay inSaudi Arabia , he started working on his book, "Preparation of Young Footballs", a soccer achievement that not only complements, but also challenges everything that was written thus far on teaching young soccer players to achieve the highest level. After returning home, he coachedHonved Budapest once again, 1996/97 seasons, and he was technical director atRABA ETO Gyor in the 1998/99 seasons.In the second half of
2004 , the Football Association of Malaysia selected Bertalan Bicskei, to succeedAllan Harris . Bicskei led the national side to third place at the regionalTiger Cup competition, but was demoted to youth development duties byFAM for his actions during a friendly againstSingapore inPenang onJune 8 ,2005 . Bicskei, disgusted by the standard of officiating, threw a bottle onto the pitch before confronting a Singapore player. In September, 2005 the contract was terminated after mutual agreement.
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