Franz Platko

Ferenc Plattkó Kopiletz (Budapest, Hungary, December 2, 1898-Santiago, Chile, September 2, 1983), also known as Franz Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian soccer player who served as a goalkeeper in the 20's, and as a coach between the 30's and 30's. and 50'.

Biography

He stood out with the Hungarian national team and in the Spanish league, as goalkeeper for FC Barcelona. As a coach, he stood out as a three-time champion with Colo-Colo de Chile and introduced tactics to Chilean soccer. Apart from standing out for his qualities as a goalkeeper, he went down in posterity thanks to the poet Rafael Alberti, who dedicated a poem to him.

Brother of the also coaches in the Spanish league Esteban and Carlos Platko, coincided, for example, the tª 34-35 Francisco in Barcelona in the 1st Division (6th), and in the 2nd Division, Esteban at Valladolid (2nd, gr I) and Carlos at Sporting de Gijón (3rd, gr I). Among other teams, they trained Tarrasa, Sport Club de Badajoz, CD Palencia, Granada CF, RC Celta, Gerona CF, Constancia de Inca and RCD Mallorca, as well as Valladolid and Gijón.

After his death in 1983, plunged into abandonment and poverty due to expenses associated with cancer, his remains were lost in the General Cemetery of Santiago. On April 19, 2015, he was located and transferred to the Mausoleum of Los Viejos Cracks del Colo-Colo, an official ceremony in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Chilean club.

The Ode to Platko, by Rafael Alberti

FC Barcelona 1928-1929

The poem Ode to Platko, by Rafael Alberti, has its origins in the first match of the 1928 Spanish Cup final between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad de San Sebastian. Alberti narrated what he experienced in that game like this: “(...) A brutal game. (...) A football game was being played, but also nationalism. (...) Platko, a gigantic Hungarian goalkeeper, defended the Catalan goal like a bull. There were injuries, butts from the Civil Guard and races from the public. In a desperate moment, Platko was attacked so furiously by those from Real Sociedad that he was left senseless, bloodied, a few meters from his position, but with the ball in his arms (...) he appeared again, his head bandaged, strong and beautiful, determined to let himself be killed. (...)”. Later Alberti wrote the poem.

Ode to Platko

No one, no one, no one.

Blue and white shirts, over the air.
Real shirts,
against you, flying and dragging you.
Platko, distant Platko,
Blond Platko tronched,
fiery tiger in another country's lamb.
You, key, Platko, your key is broken,

aurea wrench fall before the golden porch (...)[]

Clubs

As a player

Club	Country	Year
Vas-és Fémmunkások	Hungary	1914 - 1918
Wiener AF	AustriaAustria	1919 - 1920
Prague Sparta	Czechoslovakia	1921
MTK Budapest F. C.	Hungary	1922 - 1923
F. C. Barcelona	Spain	1923 - 1930
Racing Club of Madrid	Spain	1931
Basel	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	1932 - 1933

As a coach

Club	Country	Year
Basel	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	1932 - 1933
F. C. Mulhouse	France	1933
Racing Club de Roubaix		1933 - 1934
F. C. Barcelona	Spain	1934 - 1935
Academic F.C.	Portugal	1935
United States football team	United States	1935 - 1936
Venus Bucureşti	Romania Romania	1936 - 1937
Real Club Celta de Vigo	Spain	1937 - 1939
Colo-Colo	ChileChile	1939 - 1940
River Plate	Argentina	1940
Colo-Colo	ChileChile	1941 - 1942
Chilean football team		1941 - 1945
Santiago Wanderers		1942
River Plate	Argentina	1943 - 1944
Magellan	ChileChile	1944 - 1945
Real Valladolid	Spain	1945 - 1946
Colo-Colo	ChileChile	1946
Santiago Morning		1947 - 1948
Boca Juniors	Argentina	1949
River Plate		1950 - 1952
Colo-Colo	ChileChile	1953
Boca Juniors	Argentina	1953 - 1954
F. C. Barcelona	Spain	1955 - 1956
San Luis de Quillota	ChileChile	1965

Honours of Prizes

As a player

Regional Championships

Title	Club	Region	Year
Catalan Football Championship	F. C. Barcelona	Catalonia	1923/24
Catalan Football Championship			1924/25
Catalan Football Championship			1925/26
Catalan Football Championship			1926/27
Catalan Football Championship			1927/28
Catalan Football Championship			1929/30

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
Copa del Rey	F. C. Barcelona	Spain	1925
Copa del Rey			1926
Copa del Rey			1928
First Division of Spain			1928/1929

Honours of Prizes

As a coach

Regional Championships

Title	Club	Region	Year
Catalan Football Championship	F. C. Barcelona	Catalonia	1934/35

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
First Division of Chile	Colo-Colo	ChileChile	1939
First Division of Chile			1941
First Division of Chile			1953