Former Hungary soccer coach Baroti dies at 91

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Lajos Baroti, who coached Hungary to a bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, has died, the country's soccer federation said. He was 91.

Baroti, who coached Hungary a record 117 times between 1957 and 1978 and played twice on the national team, died Friday.

"Hungary's best coach has died," Hungarian Football Federation President Imre Bozoky said in a statement. "He was a football authority recognized not only at home but everywhere around the world."

Besides the Olympic medal, Baroti also led Hungary to a sixth-place finish at the 1966 World Cup.

Baroti also was credited with training the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, although he didn't travel with the team to the games.

Baroti coached Portugal's SL Benfica to three titles in 1980-1982 and also worked with Peru's national team in the early 1970s.

Baroti began his soccer career at the age of 14, playing for Szeged AK in southern Hungary. After retiring due to a foot injury in 1948, he began his coaching career at Hungary's Gyori ETO.