Árpád Fazekas (footballer, born 1930)

Árpád Fazekas (23 June 1930 – 10 August 2018) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

The native form of this personal name is Fazekas Árpád. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Árpád Fazekas
Fazekas in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-06-23)23 June 1930
Place of birth Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death 10 August 2018(2018-08-10) (aged 88)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1954 Budapesti Dózsa 25 (0)
1955–1956 Vörös Lobogo 25 (0)
1957–1961 Bayern Munich 100 (0)
1961–1962 Hessen Kassel 18 (0)
1962–1964 Anderlecht 13 (0)
1967–1969 RC Tirlemont
Total 181 (0)
International career
1955 Hungary 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Szombathely, Fazekas played for Budapesti Dózsa, Vörös Lobogo, Bayern Munich, Hessen Kassel, Anderlecht and RC Tirlemont.[1]

Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he left Hungary and joined Bayern Munich.[2] In 1960 when Dynamo Kiev was visiting Bayern he told Yozhef Sabo to stay in Munich.[2] He said that he has his own two stories house and a store in Munich.[2]

He earned five international caps for the Hungary national team.[1]

Later life and death

He died in Budapest on 10 August 2018, at the age of 88.[3]

References
  1. "Árpád Fazekas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Verbytsky, I. Yozhef Sabo: In Moscow I was constantly called fascist. UA-Football. 4 March 2015.
  3. "Gyász: elhunyt a Bayern München magyar legendája" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.