György Kottán
 Kottán in 1979 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 October 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Budapest,Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 September 2023(aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1972 | MTK | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | VÖEST Linz | 80 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Bayer Uerdingen | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Union Wels | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | SC Eisenstadt | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Los Angeles Aztecs(assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1983 | 1. FC Köln(assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Murcia(assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Levante(assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Churchill Brothers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Dhaka Abahani | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
György Kottán(6 October 1946 – 25 September 2023), also referred to as aGeorg KottánorGeorge Kottán,was a Hungarian-Austrianfootballmanager and player. Kottan is regarded as the most influential coach in the history of Bangladeshi football. He guided theBangladesh national teamto their firstSAFF Championshipin2003.Additionally, he holds the record for being the only coach to win theBangladesh Premier Leagueas an undefeated champion, withAbahani Limited Dhakain2016.[1]
Playing career[edit]
Kottán played as a midfielder and started his career atMTK.His first match in the first league was on 5 April 1970. He left in 1972 to play in theAustrian National LeagueforSK VÖEST Linzwhere they won the title in 1974, becoming the first team from Linz to become Austrian champions.
Kottán then transferred toKFC Uerdingen 05of theBundesligain 1976 before winding up his playing career in 1979 in the US for theLos Angeles Aztecsin theNorth American Soccer League,playing for them for one season as a player-coach underRinus Michels.
Managerial career[edit]
The following season Kottan becameRinus Michelsassistant at the Aztecs. After a break, he rejoined Michels at German club1. FC Kölnwhere they won theDFB-Pokal.In 1984 Kottan left to take charge of his first club in Austria, with Ch. Linz and stayed until 1987 when he left to become a coach underAntal Dunaifirst forReal Murciaand then moved with him in 1990 toLevante UD.
Then in 1993, he worked with Dunai for theHungarian Olympic football team,reaching the 1996 Olympic games. Kottan remained as a technical director until 2000 when he had the opportunity to manageBangladesh,taking them to victory in the2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup.[2]
Kottán also managedMuktijoddha Sangsadof theBangladesh Premier Leagueand in the process won theBangladesh Federation Cup.Later, Kottan took control of IndianNational Football LeagueclubChurchill Brothersin 2005.[3]
Kottán became thePakistan national teamhead coach on 20 February 2009. However, just one year later his contract wasn't renewed after mixed results. Then he joinedAbahani Limited Dhaka,in 2015. In 2016, Kottán led Abahani to the2016 Bangladesh Premier Leaguetrophy as unbeaten champions.[4]
Other work[edit]
Kottan also worked on FIFA's Goal Project inBerlin,Germany and had a degree from theGerman Sport University Cologne.He also held aUEFA Pro Licence.
Death[edit]
György Kottán died in Budapest on 25 September 2023, at the age of 76.[5]
Honours[edit]
Player[edit]
SK VOEST Linz
Manager[edit]
Bangladesh
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
- Federation Cup:2003
Abahani Limited Dhaka
References[edit]
- ^Masud, Alam (28 September 2023)."একজন 'বাংলাদেশপ্রেমী' জর্জ কোটানকে ভোলা যাবে না কখনোই".Prothomalo(in Bengali).
- ^Egy magyar futballedző, aki bajnoki címet nyert egy külföldi első osztályú bajnokságbaninfostart.hu
- ^Season ending Transfers 2005: IndiaArchived17 February 2020 at theWayback Machineindianfootball.de.Indian Football Network. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^"Abahani finish as unbeaten champs".New Age.30 December 2016.
- ^"বাংলাদেশকে সাফ জেতানো কোচ জর্জ কোটান আর নেই".Bangla Tribune(in Bengali). 28 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- György Kottánat WorldFootball.net
- Kottan new Pakistan Boss
- Kottan's NASL stats
- Georg Kottan Interviewat kfc-uerdingen.de(in German)
- 1946 births
- 2023 deaths
- Austrian people of Hungarian descent
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Austrian men's footballers
- Footballers from Budapest
- Men's association football midfielders
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- LASK players
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Los Angeles Aztecs players
- KFC Uerdingen 05 players
- SC Eisenstadt players
- Austrian football managers
- Pakistan national football team managers
- Bangladesh national football team managers
- Abahani Limited Dhaka managers
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Austrian expatriate football managers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Pakistan
- Expatriate football managers in Pakistan
- Bangladesh Premier League (football) managers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
- Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh