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]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ferencváros | 17 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1941–1943 | Újpest | 35 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
1944 | Ungvár | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1946–1947 | Szentlőrinci AC | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1933–1935 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1940 | Hungary | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1952 | Debreceni Lokomotív | ||||||||||||||||
1953 | Szegedi Honvéd | ||||||||||||||||
1954–1955 | Vasas Izzó | ||||||||||||||||
1954–1955 | Hungary (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1956 | Pécs | ||||||||||||||||
1957–1958 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||
1958–1961 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
1961–1962 | Újpesti Dózsa SC | ||||||||||||||||
1963–1965 | NA Hussein Dey | ||||||||||||||||
1966–1969 | Górnik Zabrze | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | Ferencváros | ||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Videoton | ||||||||||||||||
1972–1974 | MTK Hungaria | ||||||||||||||||
1974–1980 | Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | El Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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
editKalocsay played for several clubs in the Hungarian championship namely Kispest FC, Ferencvárosi TC, Újpest FC, Ungvár and Szentlőrinci AC.[3]
International career
editHe made two appearances for Hungary national team.[3]
In popular culture
editIn the Polish film Stars (Polish: Gwiazdy) from 2017, he was portrayed by Witold Paszt.[4]
Honours
editFerencváros
References
edit- ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries, RSSSF
- ^ "Survivors of pre-war era". Xtratime. Xtratime.org. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ a b c Géza Kalocsay Archived 16 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at nela.hu
- ^ "Gwiazdy (2017)" (in Polish). Filmweb. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2022.