Ferenc Plattkó

Early career

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Plattkó began his career as a goalkeeper in his hometown of Budapest with local club Vasas SC in 1916. After a brief spell in Austria at Wiener AF in 1919, he returned to Vasas until the end of the 1919–20 season. Between 1917 and 1923, Plattkó also played six games for Hungary. In the 1921–22 season he was the coach and goalkeeper for KAFK from Kula, Serbia where he won the Subotica subassociation championship earning promotion to the Second League of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1922 MTK played two friendlies against Barcelona. Both games finished as 0–0 draws and Barcelona, impressed with Plattkó offered him a contract.

Barcelona

Plattkó replaced the highly rated Ricardo Zamora, but soon established himself as a great in his own right. He spent seven years at Barcelona between 1923 and 1930. During that time he won six Campionat de Catalunya titles, three Copa del Rey and the first ever La Liga title. The poem Oda A Platko came about following the Copa del Rey final in 1928. Barcelona took three games to beat Real Sociedad and during the first encounter on 20 May, Rafael Alberti was so impressed with the bravery of Plattkó that he later wrote the poem in his honour. Plattkó finished his playing career at Recreativo de Huelva and retired as a player in 1931. He soon began his career as a coach, working in France with Mulhouse (1932–33) and Racing Club de Roubaix (1933–34), before returning to…

The Plattkó Brothers

Ferenc Plattkó also had two brothers, István Plattkó and Károly Plattkó who followed him to Spain and subsequently established themselves as coaches. Esteban coached, among others Real Valladolid (1928–31, 1934–40), Granada CF (1943–45) and RCD Mallorca while Carlos coached Real Valladolid (1941–43), Celta de Vigo (1944–46), Girona FC (1948–49) and Sporting de Gijón. Plattkó died in Santiago, Chile on 2 September 1983.

Player

Barcelona

La Liga: 1928–29 Copa del Rey: 1925, 1926, 1928 Catalan Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30

Manager

Barcelona

Catalan Champions: 1934–35 Venus București

Divizia A: 1936–37 Colo-Colo

Primera División: 1939, 1941, 1953