Elek Schwartz

Elek Schwartz
Schwartz in 1972
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Schwartz
Date of birth (1908-10-23)23 October 1908
Place of birth Temesrékas, Austria-Hungary
(today Recaş, Romania)
Date of death 2 October 2000(2000-10-02) (aged 91)
Place of death Haguenau, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1930 Kadima Timișoara
1930–1932 CA Timişoara
1932–1934 Hyères FC
1934–1936 Cannes
1936–1938 Strasbourg 57 (0)
1938–1939 Red Star Olympique
International career
1931–1932 Romania B 2 (0)
Managerial career
1948–1949 Cannes
1950–1952 Monaco
1952–1953 Le Havre
1953–1955 SF Hamborn 07
1955–1957 Rot-Weiss Essen
1957–1964 Netherlands
1964–1965 Benfica
1965–1968 Eintracht Frankfurt
1969–1970 Porto
1970–1971 Dordrecht
1971–1972 Sparta Rotterdam
1972–1973 1860 Munich
1976–1977 Strasbourg
1978–1979 SR Haguenau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru "Elek" Schwartz (23 October 1908 – 2 October 2000) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach of the Netherlands national team.[2] With S.L. Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into the final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.[3]

  1. ^ "Alexander Schwartz. Statistiques au club RCS". racingstub.com (in French). 23 October 1908. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ Van Basten streeft Guus Hiddink voorbij trouw.nl (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Inter – Benfica Final 1965 UEFA.com