View source for János Biri

{{Short description|Hungarian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = János Biri
|birth_date = {{birth date|1901|7|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Budapest]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1983|3|29|1901|7|21|df=y}}<ref name="Profile">[https://www.magyarfutball.hu/hu/szemelyek/adatlap/120/biri_janos Profile of János Biri] {{in lang|hu}}</ref>
|death_place = [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|height = 1.82 m
|position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|years1= 1920–1925
|clubs1= [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Kispest AC]]
|caps1=62 | goals1 = 2
|years2= 1925–1927
|clubs2= [[Calcio Padova|Padova]]
|caps2=35 | goals2 = 0
|years3= 1927–1928
|clubs3= [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]]
|caps3= 2 | goals3 = 0
|years4= 1928
|clubs4= [[33 FC]]
|caps4= 5 | goals4 = 0
|years5= 1929
|clubs5= [[Sabaria FC|Sabaria]]
|caps5=3 | goals5 = 0
|years6= 1930–1931
|clubs6= Pécs-Baranya
|caps6=18 | goals6 = 0
|years7= 1931–1932
|clubs7= [[III. Kerületi TUE|Kerületi]]
|caps7=20 | goals7 = 2
|years8= 1933
|clubs8= [[Amiens SC|Amiens]]
|caps8= | goals8 =
|years9= 1933–1936
|clubs9= [[Boavista F.C.|Boavista]]
|caps9= | goals9 =
|nationalyears1= 1924–1934
|nationalteam1= [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]
|nationalcaps1= 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0
|manageryears1 = 1935–1936
|managerclubs1 = [[F.C. Porto|Porto]]
|manageryears2 = 1937–1939
|managerclubs2 = [[Académico F.C.|Académico Porto]]
|manageryears3 = 1939–1947
|managerclubs3 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|manageryears4 = 1947–1949
|managerclubs4 = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril Praia]]
|manageryears5 = 1949–1951
|managerclubs5 = [[Vitória S.C.|Guimarães]]
|manageryears6 = 1951–1952
|managerclubs6 = [[Atlético Clube de Portugal|Atlético]]
|manageryears7 = 1952–1955
|managerclubs7 = [[Vitória F.C.|Setúbal]]
|manageryears8 = 1955–1956
|managerclubs8 = [[Clube Oriental de Lisboa|Oriental]]
|manageryears9 = 1956–1957
|managerclubs9 = [[G.D. Fabril|Fabril Barreiro]]
|manageryears10 = 1957–1958
|managerclubs10 = [[Clube Oriental de Lisboa|Oriental]]
|manageryears11 = 1958
|managerclubs11 = [[S.C. Lusitânia|Lusitânia]]
|manageryears12 = 1958–1959
|managerclubs12 = [[Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica]]
|manageryears13 = 1959–1960
|managerclubs13 = [[Lusitano G.C.|Lusitano Évora]]
|manageryears14 = 1960–1961
|managerclubs14 = [[Vitória F.C.|Setúbal]]
|manageryears15 = 1965–1966
|managerclubs15 = [[Lusitano G.C.|Lusitano Évora]]
}}

{{eastern name order|Biri János}}

'''János Biri''' (21 July 1901 – 29 March 1983) was a Hungarian [[Association football|footballer]] and [[manager (association football)|coach]]. Biri played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for a number of clubs, most notably [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] and [[MTK Budapest FC]], also representing [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] in the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#.C2.A0Hungary|1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25665 |title=János Biri |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref> He is best known for his coaching career in Portugal which spanned more than three decades.

==Career==

[[File:1924 valogatott.jpg|thumb|300px|1924 Maygar team; [[Károly Fogl]], [[Zoltán Opata]], [[Ferenc Hirzer]], [[Rudolf Jeny]], [[József Eisenhoffer]], [[Béla Guttmann]], [[Gyula Mándi]], [[Gábor Obitz]], [[József Braun]], [[György Orth]], János Biri, and Gyula Kiss]]
Born in [[Budapest]], Biri career in football started in a hometown club, [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Kispest AC]] at the age of 19. His performances earned him a place in the [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] squad for the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#.C2.A0Hungary|1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Janos Biri |url=https://www.olympic.org/janos-biri |website=Olympic.org}}</ref> In 1925, he moved to [[Italy]], representing [[Calcio Padova|Padova]] in the early days of what was to known as [[Serie A]]. After two seasons in Italy, he returned to [[Hungary]], passing through several teams,<ref>[http://www.nela.hu/nb_jatekos.php?id=7824 János Biri profile], nela.hu; accessed 15 October 2017.{{in lang|hu}}</ref> without much success, having short spells in [[France]] and [[Portugal]], retiring in 1936, at age 35.

Shortly after, Biri started coaching [[F.C. Porto|Porto]], winning [[Porto Football Association|Campeonato de Porto]] and coming runner-up in [[1935–36 Primeira Liga|Primeira Liga]] in his only season there. After a brief spell with [[Académico F.C.|Académico Porto]], he was then hired by [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]'s President, Augusto da Fonseca Jr. In the eight seasons he spent there, he successfully challenged [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting dominance]], claiming 3 [[Primeira Liga]] titles and 3 [[Taça de Portugal]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Carlos Perdigão |title=100 Anos de Lenda |date=2004 |publisher=Diário de Noticias |isbn=972-9335-52-4 |pages=139–144|edition=1 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|title=100 anos: Janos Biri: TREINADORES HISTÓRICOS (IV)|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/100-anos-janos-biri|language=pt|date=7 May 2003}}</ref>

He held the [[List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics#Managerial records|record for most games managed and won]], for over 75 years, until [[Jorge Jesus]] surpassed him in 2014. However, he still has the highest winning percentage of any other coach with at least 100 games and the second longest reign with 8 years, after [[Cosme Damião]].<ref name=SLB>{{cite book|title=Almanaque do Benfica|year=2012|publisher=Lua de Papel|location=Portugal|isbn=978-989-23-2087-8|pages=157–207, 764}}</ref> After Benfica, János managed eleven other teams, retiring as coach in 1966, after more than 30 years in managerial roles.<ref>{{cite web |title=János Biri |url=https://www.thefinalball.com/manager.php?id=1060 |website=Finalball.com |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>

==Managerial Record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]<ref name=SLB />
|align="left"|1 August 1939
|align="left"|2 July 1947
{{WDL|272|194|25|53}}
|}

==Honours==
;Porto
*Campeonato do [[Porto Football Association|Porto]]: 1935–36

;Benfica<ref>{{cite book |author1=Carlos Perdigão |title=100 Anos de Lenda |date=2004 |publisher=Diário de Noticias |isbn=972-9335-52-4 |page=143|edition=1 |language=pt}}</ref>
*[[Primeira Liga]]: [[1941–42 Primeira Liga|1941–42]], [[1942–43 Primeira Liga|1942–43]], [[1944–45 Primeira Liga|1944–45]]
*[[Taça de Portugal]]: [[1939–40 Taça de Portugal|1939–40]], [[1942–43 Taça de Portugal|1942–43]], [[1943–44 Taça de Portugal|1943–44]] 
*[[Campeonato de Lisboa]]: 1939–40

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/janos-biri-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/janos-biri-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=János Biri}}

{{Hungary football squad 1924 Summer Olympics}}
{{Navboxes
| title = Awards
| bg = gold
| fg = navy
| list =
{{Primeira Liga winning managers}}
{{Taça de Portugal winning managers}}
}}
{{Navboxes
|title= Managerial positions
|list1=
{{FC Porto coaches}}
{{S.L. Benfica managers}}
{{Vitória S.C. managers}}
{{Académica Coimbra managers}}
{{G.D. Estoril Praia managers}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biri, Janos}}
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Hungarian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Budapest Honvéd FC players]]
[[Category:Calcio Padova players]]
[[Category:MTK Budapest FC players]]
[[Category:Amiens SC players]]
[[Category:Boavista F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hungarian football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Portugal]]
[[Category:FC Porto managers]]
[[Category:S.L. Benfica managers]]
[[Category:G.D. Estoril Praia managers]]
[[Category:Atlético Clube de Portugal managers]]
[[Category:Vitória S.C. managers]]
[[Category:Vitória F.C. managers]]
[[Category:S.C. Lusitânia managers]]
[[Category:Académica de Coimbra (football) managers]]
[[Category:Hungary men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Hungary]]
[[Category:Footballers from Budapest]]