Gyula Bíró

Infobox Football biography
playername = Gyula Bíró


fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date|1890|05|10
cityofbirth = Hungary
countryofbirth = Budapest
dateofdeath = 1961
cityofdeath = Mexico City
countryofdeath = Mexico]
height =
position = Midfielder, Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1905-1916
clubs = MTK
caps(goals) = 135 (17)
nationalyears = 1906-1916
nationalteam = Hungary
nationalcaps(goals) = 36 (3)

Gyula Bíró, born 10 May 1890, was a Jewish-Hungarian football (soccer) player and manager. As part of Hungary, Bíró completed at 1912 Olympics.

Bíró spent his career as player playing for MTK Hungária FC, where he made first team debut in 1905 as the age of 15 as midfielder. Later he also played as forward.

He retired from football as player at the age of 26 after playing 135 games in the Hungarian League and scoring 17 goals.

He started his coaching career with FC Nuremberg in 1920, before moving to Poland in 1923, where he coached Hasmonea Lwów and later the olimpic national team in 1924. He later returned to Germany as coach of FC Saarbrücken during the 1926-27 season.

Bíró coached FC Baia Mare in Romania in 1930s, before moving to the Spanish squad Atletico Marte. He left Europe before the start of the World War II and went to Mexico.

Bíró worked as an engineer too in the places where le lived, and he was died at age of 71 in Mexico.

External links

* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=46 Profile of Gyula Bíró on JewsInSports.org]