István Sztáni

The native form of this personal name is Sztáni István. This article uses the Western name order.

István Sztáni

Personal information
Full name	István Sztáni
Date of birth	(1937-03-19) 19 March 1937
Place of birth	Ózd, Hungary
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1942–1954	Vasas Ózd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1956	Vasas Ózd
1956–1957	Banned by FIFA
1957–1959	Eintracht Frankfurt	36	(20)
1960–1965	Standard Liège	155	(57)
1965–1968	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	(3)
1968–1969	Makkabi Frankfurt	?	(0)
1969–1971	Gent	11	(8)
Managerial career
1971–1973	Gent
1973–1974	Tournaisien
1974–1975	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1975–1976	VfB Stuttgart
1976–1977	FK Pirmasens
1977–1978	Bayern Hof
1979	Arminia Hannover
1980	Würzburger FV
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

István Sztáni (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈstɒni]; born 19 March 1937) is a former football manager and a retired Hungarian football striker.

Sztani left Hungary for Eintracht Frankfurt and faced a one year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship in 1959. At the end of the season he moved to Standard Liège of Belgium and stayed there until 1965 when he returned to Frankfurt. In his second stint he amounted 21 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht.

In the season 1975-76 Sztani was manager at VfB Stuttgart in der 2. Bundesliga Süd but was fired on 31 March 1976 when the planned promotion 1. Bundesliga was almost out of reach.

After this tenure Sztani managed other numerous clubs.

External links

• István Sztáni profile at Fussballdaten
• István Sztáni at eintracht-archiv.de (German)