Géza Kalocsay
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| Date of birth | 30 May 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Beregszász, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 September 2008 (aged 95) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1932–1937 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||||
| 1937–1939 | Olympique Lillois | |||||||||||||||
| 1939–1940 | Kispest FC | 21 | (10) | |||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Ferencvárosi TC | 17 | (8) | |||||||||||||
| 1941–1943 | Újpest FC | 35 | (17) | |||||||||||||
| 1944 | Ungvár | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Szentlőrinci AC | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1935 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | Hungary | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Debreceni Lokomotív | |||||||||||||||
| 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Vasas Izzó | |||||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Hungary (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Pécs | |||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Partizan Belgrade | |||||||||||||||
| 1958–1961 | Standard de Liège | |||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Újpesti Dózsa SC | |||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | NA Hussein Dey | |||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Górnik Zabrze | |||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Ferencvárosi TC | |||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Videoton | |||||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | MTK Hungária FC | |||||||||||||||
| 1974–1980 | Pakistan | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | El Ahly | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Géza Kalocsay (30 May 1913 – 26 September 2008) was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia (3 caps) and Hungary (2 caps).[1]
At the time of his death in September 2008 at the age of 95, he was the last surviving player to have represented either Czechoslovakia or Hungary before the Second World War.[2]
Club career[]
He played for several clubs in the Hungarian championship namely Kispest FC, Ferencvárosi TC, Újpest FC, Ungvár and Szentlőrinci AC.[3]
International career[]
He made two appearances for Hungarian national team.[3]
In popular culture[]
In the Polish film (Polish: Gwiazdy) from 2017, he was portrayed by Witold Paszt.[4]
Honours[]
Ferencváros
References[]
- ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries, RSSSF
- ^ "Survivors of pre-war era". Xtratime. Xtratime.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ a b c Géza Kalocsay at nela.hu
- ^ "Gwiazdy (2017)" (in Polish). Filmweb. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Berehove
- People from the Kingdom of Hungary
- Association football forwards
- Hungarian footballers
- Czechoslovak footballers
- Czechoslovakia international footballers
- Hungary international footballers
- AC Sparta Prague players
- Újpest FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- FK Partizan managers
- Hungarian football managers
- Fehérvár FC managers
- Debreceni VSC managers
- Ferencvárosi TC managers
- Standard Liège managers
- Újpest FC managers
- Górnik Zabrze managers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Expatriate football managers in Egypt
- Hungarian expatriates in Poland
- Expatriate football managers in Poland
- Expatriate football managers in Yugoslavia
- Hungarians in Slovakia
- Czechoslovak people of Hungarian descent
- Al Ahly SC managers
- Pécsi MFC managers
- Olympique Lillois players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers