Béla Volentik (5 December 1907 – 27 October 1990) was a Hungarian footballer and football manager. He played for Nemzeti SC,

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, FC Lugano and with the

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winning Hungary national team at the

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, Italy. He capped once. He started his coaching career in Switzerland with

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and went on to coach FC St. Gallen, BSC Young Boys, FC Lugano and Lausanne Sport. He then had a stint with the

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before coming back to Hungary where he coached Bp. Haladás, MTK twice, leading them to the 1964 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and Pécsi Dózsa. He also coached

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and BFC Dynamo.

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