Adolf Vécsey (also known as Adolf Weber; 13 June 1916 – 1979) was a Hungarian

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who played as a

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. He played mostly for

Club Atletic Oradea Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

, in over 130 matches and won two league titles.

Career

Adolf Vécsey contracted to

Nagyváradi AC Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

at the beginning of the 1940s after a career started at

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and continued at

Kispest Kispest (, lit. ''Little Pest'') is the 19th (XIX) district of Budapest, Hungary. It lies south-southeast of the historical Pest city. It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it was named Kispest. His ...

. At NAC he was the number one goalkeeper of the 1943-44 season, when the green and whites won the Hungarian Championship. After

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, he returned to

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

. At the end of the 1948-49 season he won again the championship, now in Romania. In 1952, in

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, they played a championship match against

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. The opponent's coach,

Iuliu Baratky Gyula Barátky (; 14 May 1910 – 14 April 1962) was footballer who represented both Hungary and Romania internationally. His preferred position was the half right. He played a total of 155 games in the national Romanian championships (scoring ...

, former football player born in

and also NAC former player, sent the midfielders on the pitch with the tactical advice to annoy Vécsey until he was defeated. The goalkeeper tolerated for a while, the five insults, but at one point he succumbed, the striker immediately dashed out and Vécsey was eliminated by the referee. The 1-1 match was lost 3-1 because of the big free spaces appeared by the goalkeeper's absence. Vécsey was forbidden by the football association forever and his active career ended at the age of 37. After returning to

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he wanted to start his career as a coach, but he quickly realized that this would not work for him. After that, for years he lived in

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, than he moved in the

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and lived in

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until the age of 64 when he died of gastric cancer.

Honours

Club Atletic Oradea * NB I: 1943–44 *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: 1948–49

References

* Dr. Demjén László: A Nagyváradi AC a magyar nemzeti bajnokságban 1941-44 (1989), 166–170. o. * Dénes Tamás, Peterdi Pál, Rochy Zoltán, Selmeci József: Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók

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