Máté Fenyvesi

Máté Fenyvesi
	Fenyvesi in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	20 September 1933
Place of birth	Jánoshalma, Hungary
Date of death	17 February 2022 (aged 88)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948–1951	Jánoshalmai SE
1951–1953	Kecskeméti
1953–1969	Ferencváros
National team
1954–1966	Hungary
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Máté Fenyvesi (20 September 1933 – 17 February 2022) was a Hungarian footballer and politician.^[1]

Career[]

During his club career he played for Kecskeméti Kinizsi for two years, and from 1953 to 1969 for Ferencvárosi TC. He earned 76 caps and scored eight goals for the Hungary national team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also scored the winning goal in the final of the 1964–65 edition of the Inter-Cities Fair Cup, winning the game for Ferencvaros against Juventus 1–0.

Following his retirement, he worked as a veterinarian, having earned an M.D. degree still while playing. Following the democratic changes in Hungary at the turn of 1989 and 1990, he became actively involved in politics and served as a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2006, first representing the Smallholders' Party, later Fidesz.

Personal life and death[]

Fenyvesi was married to Mária Fehér Kaplár. They had a daughter, Beatrix, and a son, Levente.^[2] He died on 17 February 2022, at the age of 88.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

Máté Fenyvesi at WorldFootball.net
Máté Fenyvesi at Weltfussball.de (in German)^{[dead link]}
Hungary - Record International Players at RSSSF.com

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[index-1] Meghalt a Ferencváros VVK-győztes, Európa-bajnoki bronzérmes labdarúgója (in Hungarian)

[2] - Fenyvesi Máté vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február

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Personal information
Fenyvesi in 2011
Date of birth	(1933-09-20)20 September 1933
Place of birth	Jánoshalma, Hungary
Date of death	17 February 2022(2022-02-17) (aged 88)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1951	Jánoshalmai SE
1951–1953	Kecskeméti
1953–1969	Ferencváros	343	(81)
National team
1954–1966	Hungary	76	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only