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Pál Csernai
Hungarian football player and manager

Pál Csernai

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Hungarian football player and manager
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Place of birth
Pilis, Monor District, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, Kingdom of Hungary
Place of death
Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Age
80 years
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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.

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