Béla Volentik

The native form of this personal name is Volentik Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Béla Volentik (5 December 1907 – 27 October 1990) was a Hungarian footballer and football manager. He played for Nemzeti SC, Újpest, FC Lugano and with the bronze medal winning Hungary national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, Italy.^[1] He capped once.

Béla Volentik

Personal information
Date of birth	(1907-12-05)5 December 1907
Place of birth	Szolnok, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	27 October 1990(1990-10-27) (aged 82)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1929	Nemzeti SC
1929–1932	Újpest
1932–	FC Lugano
International career
1927	Hungary	1	(0)
Managerial career
1936–1938	FC Aarau
1938–1942	FC St. Gallen
1942–1946	BSC Young Boys
1947–1950	FC Lugano
1950–1951	Lausanne Sport
1952–1953	FC Lugano
1953–1955	Luxembourg
1955	Bp. Haladás
1956–1957	MTK
1957–1958	Pécsi Dózsa
1959–1960	Hungary Olympic
1962–1963	Bulgaria
1964	MTK
1966–1967	BFC Dynamo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his coaching career in Switzerland with FC Aarau and went on to coach FC St. Gallen, BSC Young Boys, FC Lugano and Lausanne Sport.^[2] He then had a stint with the Luxembourg national football team before coming back to Hungary where he coached Bp. Haladás, MTK twice, leading them to the 1964 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and Pécsi Dózsa. He also coached Bulgaria and BFC Dynamo.