Zoltán Opata

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Coach
SexMale
Full nameZoltán Ferenc Mihály•Opata (-Patai)
Used nameZoltán•Opata
Born24 September 1900 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died19 May 1982 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Measurements170 cm
AffiliationsMakkabi Brünn, Brno (CZE)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Between 1920-34 Zoltán Opata played for MTK with the exception of the 1929/30 season when he played for Attila FC in Miskolc. He played 144 League games and scored 57 goals for MTK. Opate won 17 international caps and scored six goals between 1922-30. He was a member of the team at the 1924 Paris Olympics under the name of Patai.

After retiring, Opata worked as a coach for a long time, and in 1936 was the head coach of the Hungarian team at the Berlin Olympics. Later he coached HASK Zagreb, where he won his first championship as a coach. After World War II, Opata also won the Romanian Championship with ITA Arad and the Polish Championship with Górnik Zabrze, in the 1957/58 season. In Hungary he worked as a coach at FTC (1947), Budapesti Dózsa (1950-51), and Csepel (1952).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1924 Summer Olympics Football (Football) HUN Zoltán Opata
Football, Men (Olympic) Hungary =9

Coaching results

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Football (Football) HUN Zoltán Opata
Football, Men (Olympic) Hungary =9