Miklos Bérès

Miklos Béres (17 January 1936 – 15 August 2021) was a French footballer who played as a forward for Sète in the early 1960s and who later coached Ancenis for 29 years, from 1965 until 1994, which is one of the longest managerial reigns in football history.

Playing career Born in the Miskolc town of Diósgyőr on 17 January 1936, Béres began his football career at his hometown club Diósgyőri VTK in 1953, aged 17, with whom he played for two years, until 1955. He moved to France, where he played one season at both US Le Mans (1957–58) and AS Monaco (1958–59), before joining Sète in 1959. Under his leadership, the club won the Atlantic Cup in 1969, and led the club from the regional level to the Second Division in 1991. During his time at Ancenis, he was a member of the Loire-Atlantique Football District, participating in the Guérin scouting operations from the beginning, and joining the new District Technical Commission in 1979, remaining there until 1994, when he left Ancenis. In 2004, Béres settled permanently in Sète, joining the management staff of amateur club Pointe-Courte, which he helped achieve promotion to CFA 2, before returning to Sète in 2008.

Death Béres died in Sète on 15 August 2021, at the age of 85, victim of cancer, and his funeral took place a few days later, on 20 August.