Pál Csernai
Hungarian football player and manager
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| Intro | Hungarian football player and manager | |
| Places | Hungary | |
| was | Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 21 October 1932, Pilis, Monor District, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, Kingdom of Hungary | |
| Death | 1 September 2013Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary (aged 80 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Biography
Pál Csernai (21 October 1932 – 1 September 2013) was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Born in Pilis, Kingdom of Hungary, Csernai played club football in Hungary, Germany and Switzerland for Budapesti Postás, Csepeli Vasas, Karlsruher SC, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Stuttgarter Kickers.
He also earned two caps for Hungary in 1955.
Management career
After retiring as a player, Csernai managed clubs in Germany, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Switzerland and Hungary; he also managed the North Korean national team.
Known for wearing his trade mark silk scarf, he is considered to be the inventor of the so-called "Pal system", a combination of the man-to-man and the zone defenses.
Later life and death
Csernai died on 1 September 2013, after a long illness.