István Géczi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɡeːt͡si], 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018)[1] was a Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.[2]
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| Full name | István Géczi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sajóörös, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | 10 September 2018 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1974 | Ferencvárosi TC | 309 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1974 | Hungary | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,[3] and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.
Following the end of his career, he worked as a teacher and was a member of the Hungarian Parliament in the late 1980s.[4]
Sources
edit- Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, I. kötet (A–H). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1994, 377. o., ISBN 963-495-008-6 (in Hungarian)
- Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (in Hungarian)
- Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) ISBN 963-7542-44-2 (in Hungarian)
- Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) ISBN 963-7543-04-X (in Hungarian)
- Dénes Tamás – Rochy Zoltán: A Kupagyőztesek Európa-kupája története (Budapest, 2000) ISBN 963-85967-3-2 (in Hungarian)
References
edit- ^ Meghalt Géczi István, a Fradi történetének egyik legfontosabb kapusa (in Hungarian)
- ^ ftcbk.eu: Születésnapi beszélgetés dr. Géczi Istvánnal (in Hungarian)
- ^ "István Géczi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ hetek.hu: Tizenegyes a becsület ellen (in Hungarian)
External links
edit- István Géczi at Olympics.com
- István Géczi at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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