Géza Kalocsay

After Subcarpathia was annexed to Czechoslovakia when he was young, he had the opportunity to play for various national clubs. At the age of 19 in 1932, he was transferred to Sparta Prague. During his five years in the team, he won the Czechoslovak First League 1936, three times silver medalist and winner of the Central European Cup. In addition during his professional career in Prague, he studied law at the Charles University, and then finally earned a doctorate. In 1937, he moved to French club Olympique Lillois. He finished as runner-ups with the team at the Championnat de France. In 1939, he moved to Hungary club Kispest, and after one season, he signed a contract with Ferencvárosi, and became league champion with the team. He then played for several clubs in the Hungarian championship namely Újpest FC, Ungvár and Szentlőrinci AC.

Czechoslovakia

From 1933 till 1935, he made three appearances with the Czechoslovakia national team. He also participated as a reserve in the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He did not made any appearance at the tournament, competing with Antonín Puc at his position.

Hungary

He joined the Hungarian national team while still a player of Kispest. He made his debut on 31 March 1940, giving an assist to György Sárosi, and helped the team beat Switzerland by 3-0. He played for the second time against Germany a week later in Berlin, which ended in a 2-2 draw. He made two appearances for Hungary national team.

He was lured away from working in the legal field by Gusztáv Sebes to become a coach. In his initial years, he coached local clubs such as Nyíregyházi Madisz, Pápai Perutz, Debreceni Lokomotiv, Szeged Honvéd, Vasas Izzó and Pécs Dózsa, and after 1957 he began moving abroad. He first coached Yugoslavian FK Partizan, followed by Belgian Standard Liege, Algerian side NA Hussein Dey, and the Polish Górnik Zabrze. In his final years, he coached the Pakistan national team also taking part at the inaugural at the 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament. Later on, he coached Egyptian side Al-Ahli. He also returned to his home country several times to coach Újpesti Dózsa SC, Ferencvárosi, Videoton, and MTK Hungaria until his retirement in 1981. As a coach, he won league titles in Belgium, Poland and twice in Egypt, and had several spells leading them to finish runner-ups in various tournaments.

Géza was born on 30 May 1913 in Beregszász, Austria-Hungary. Together with his younger brother, he started his career in the local high school team until 1932.