Désiré Koranyi

Désiré Koranyi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1914-01-28)28 January 1914
Place of birth	Szeged, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	9 January 1981(1981-01-09) (aged 66)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Kecskeméti AC
1935-1950	FC Sète
1950-1951	AC Arles
1951-1952	Montpellier	20	(6)
1952-1955	ESA Brive
1955-1956	FC Sète	5	(1)
National team
1939-1942	France	5	(5)
Teams managed
1950-1951	AC Arles
1952-1955	ESA Brive
1955-1956	FC Sète
1958-1959	Metz
1962-1964	ESA Brive
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Désiré Koranyi (28 January 1914 – 9 January 1981), aka Dezsõ Korányi or Dezsõ Kronenberger, was a Hungarian-French football player. He played club football most notably with FC Sète where he won the Division 1 in 1938-39. He was capped five times for France, scoring five goals. He then enjoyed a coaching career with FC Sète and FC Metz.^[1]

He had two brothers who were also footballers: Lajos Korányi and Mátyás Korányi.

References

• Profile at French federation official site
• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.