Bela Palfi

Bela Palfi was a Yugoslav footballer of Hungarian ethnicity who was part of Yugoslavia [national football team] at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. With FK Partizan he won national championship and Yugoslav Cup. With Red Star Belgrade he won 2 national championships and three Yugoslav Cups.

Biography

He played with Újvideki AC in the Hungarian championship during the Hungarian occupation in the World War II. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the Football at the [1948 Summer Olympics|football tournament] at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He earned three caps between 1948 and 1951.
He started his coaching career in Zrenjanin, then he coached FK Sloboda Tuzla in their first seasons in the Yugoslav First League, then he worked in Greece, later took charge of FK Proleter Zrenjanin in the First League in 1969 and also coached Priština. when the club accomplished promotion for the first time to the Yugoslav First League.