Jenő Medgyessy

Jenő Medgyessy

Personal information
Full name	Jenő Medgyessy (Eugênio Marinetti in Brazil)
Date of birth	(1889-12-23)23 December 1889
Place of birth	Géderlak, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Date of death	17 November 1973(1973-11-17) (aged 83)
Place of death	Monaco
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1909–1917	Ferencváros	47	(0)
Managerial career
1926	Botafogo
1927	Botafogo
1927–1928	Fluminense
1928	Atlético Mineiro
1929	Palmeiras
1930–1931	Atlético Mineiro
1932	Palmeiras
1932–1933	São Paulo
1933	San Lorenzo
1933–1934	Racing
1935	River Plate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2024

Jenő Medgyessy (13 December 1889 – 17 November 1973), also known in Brazil as Eugênio Marinetti or Eugenio Medgyessy, was a Hungarian footballer and manager.

Player career

As a player, Medgyessy spent his entire professional career at Fenecváros TC, playing from 1909 to 1917, making 47 appearances and winning the Hungarian national championship four times.

Managerial career

Disciple of Jimmy Hogan, an Englishman of Irish descent who introduced the Scottish style based on the pass to Hungary, he emigrated to Brazil due to the presence of several childhood friends who had moved to the country. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked at the two main clubs at the time, Botafogo and Fluminense. After this, Megdyessy also became the first foreign coach in the history of Atlético Mineiro.^[1] At Palestra Itália, he was to beat his former club Fenencváros in the team's trip to Brazil.^[2]

His last job was coaching Arthur Friedenreich São Paulo FC, where he stayed for just 13 matches.^[3] He ended up moving to Argentina, after gaining a reputation in Brazilian sports media as a coach who demanded too much from his players in training. There Medgyessy trained San Lorenzo, Racing and River Plate.^[4][5]

Honours

Player

Ferencváros

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13
• Magyar Kupa: 1912–13

References

1. "De Eugenio Marinetti a Rafael Dudamel: a história de técnicos estrangeiros no Atlético-MG". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 6 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. "Ferencváros South American Tour 1929". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
3. "Todos os Treinadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
4. "Húngaros, serbios y croatas dejaron su marca en el país". Clarín (in Spanish). 28 July 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
5. "No futebol, o inimigo não é a troca de experiências, mas o pachequismo". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). 23 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

External links

• Jenő Medgyessy at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)