Gábor Obitz

Gábor Obitz also known as Gábor Óbecsei and Gábor Ormai (18 January 1899 – 20 March 1953) was a Hungarian football player and manager.^[1]

Gábor Obitz

Obitz in 1930
Personal information
Date of birth	(1899-01-18)18 January 1899
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	20 March 1953(1953-03-20) (aged 54)
Place of death	Hungary
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1922	Ferencváros
1922–1924	Maccabi Brno
1924–1926	Holstein Kiel
1926–1931	Ferencváros	115	(2)
International career
1921–1930	Hungary	15	(0)
Managerial career
1931–1932	AMEF Arad
1936–1937	SK Ljubljana
1939	Finland
1945–	Zuglói AC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

1924 Maygar team; Károly Fogl, Zoltán Opata, Ferenc Hirzer, Rudolf Jeny, József Eisenhoffer, Béla Guttmann, Gyula Mándi, Gábor Obitz, József Braun, György Orth, János Biri, and Gyula Kiss

Obitz started his career in Ferencváros. After winning the Hungarian Cup title in 1922 he moved to Czechoslovakia and played two seasons for Makkabi Brno. In 1924 he joined German club Holstein Kiel. He ended his career with Ferencváros.

Obitz capped 15 times for the Hungary national team and participated the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[2]

Coaching career

Obitz' first team as a manager was a Romanian club AMEF Arad. From 1932 to 1934 he worked for the Turkish Football Federation. He coached NK Ljubljana in the 1936–37 Yugoslav Football Championship.^[3] In 1939 Obitz started coaching the Finland national team but soon returned to Hungary due to World War II.^[4]

Honours

• Hungarian Championship: 1927, 1928
• Hungarian Cup: 1921, 1927, 1928
• Mitropa Cup: 1928