- Franz Platko
Franz Platko Kopiletz (born
Budapest ,Hungary ,December 2 1898 , diedSantiago, Chile ,September 2 1982 ), also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager. During the 1910s and 1920s he played as a goalkeeper forVasas SC , WAC Vienna,MTK Hungária FC ,FC Barcelona ,Recreativo de Huelva and Hungary. He subsequently worked as a coach inEurope andSouth America , most notably withFC Barcelona ,Colo-Colo , River Plate,Boca Juniors and Chile. Platko was an earlyFC Barcelona legend and was a team-mate ofPaulino Alcántara ,Josep Samitier and Sagibarbá. His bravery as a goalkeeper was immortalized byRafael Alberti in the poem "Oda A Platko". After retiring as a player he returned to the club as a coach on two occasions (1934-35, 1955-56).Hungary
Platko began his career as a goalkeeper in his hometown of
Budapest with local clubVasas SC in 1917 . After a brief spell at WAC Vienna in 1920, he returned to Vasas for another season before joiningMTK Hungária FC the following season. Between 1917 and 1923, Platko also played six games for Hungary. In 1922 MTK played two friendlies againstFC Barcelona . Both games finished as 0-0 draws andFC Barcelona , impressed with Platko offered him a contract.FC Barcelona
Platko replaced the legendary
Ricardo Zamora , but soon established himself as a legend in his own right. He spent seven years atFC Barcelona between 1923 and 1930. During that time he won six Campionat de Catalunya titles, threeCopa del Rey and the first everLa Liga title. The poem "Oda A Platko" came about following theCopa del Rey final in 1928.FC Barcelona took three games to beatReal Sociedad and during the first encounter on May 20th,Rafael Alberti was so impressed with the bravery of Platko that he later wrote the poem in his honour. Platko finished his playing career atRecreativo de Huelva and retired as a player in 1931. He soon began his career as a coach, working inFrance withFC Mulhouse (1932-33) andRacing Club de Roubaix (1933-34), before returning toFC Barcelona as a coach for the 1934/35 season. Despite guiding the club to another Championat de Catalunya, the following season he was replaced by Patrick O'Connell. After two decades away from the club Platko was reappointed coach of CF Barcelona for the 1955/56 season. During this season the club, inspired byLadislao Kubala and Luis Suárez, won 10 consecutiveLa Liga games in a row. The record remained unbeaten until 2005. Despite this run CF Barcelona only managed to finish second inLa Liga behind Atlético Bilbao and Platko was replaced the following season.South America
During the two decades away from
FC Barcelona established himself as a coach inSouth America . In 1939, during the first of three spells atColo-Colo he guided the club to the . In 1940 he had a spell in charge of River Plate inArgentina before he returned toChile andColo-Colo in 1941, winning a second . In 1941 he took charge of Chile and continued as national team manager until 1945, coaching the team at both the South American Championship in both 1942 and 1945. During 1942 he also coached two other Chilean clubs,Club Magallanes and Santiago Wanderers. In 1949 he coachedBoca Juniors and in 1953 he returned toColo-Colo for a third time and won a third .The Platko Brothers
Franz Platko also had two brothers, "Esteban Platko" and "Carlos Platko" who followed him to
Spain and subsequently established themselves as coaches. Esteban coached, among othersReal Valladolid (1928-31, 1934-40),Granada CF (1943-45) andRCD Mallorca while Carlos coachedReal Valladolid (1941-43),Celta de Vigo (1944-46),Girona FC (1948-49) andSporting de Gijón .Honours
"Player"
FC Barcelona
*Spanish Champions: 1
**1928-29*
Copa del Rey : 3
**1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28*Catalan Champions: 6
**1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30"Manager"
FC Barcelona
*Catalan Champions: 1
**1934-35Colo-Colo
*: 3
**1939, 1941, 1953Oda Da Platko
Nobody forgets, Platko,
No, nobody, nobody, nobody,
blond bear of Hungary.
Nor the sea,
That in front of you jumped without being able defenderte.
Nor rain. Nor the wind, that were the one that the more rugía.
Nor the sea, nor the wind, Platko,
blond Platko of blood,
guardameta in the dust pararrayos.
Not nobody, nobody, nadie. blue and white T-shirts, on the air,
real t-shirts,
opposite, against you, flying and arrastrándote.
Platko, distant Platko,
blond tronchado Platko,
tiger burning in the grass with another one país.
You, key, Platko, you, broken key,
fallen golden key*"This is only very rough translation of poem, needs improving"
External links
* [http://www.fcbarcelona.com/eng/historia/historia/platko.shtml Platko at www.fcbarcelona.com]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=0176 La Liga players stats]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/entrenadores/historial.asp?ent=027 La Liga manager stats. These stats may have confused Platko with one or both of his brothers]
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