Ferenc Mészáros (11 April 1950 – 9 January 2023) was a Hungarian
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Career
Born in
Budapest
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, Mészáros played club football in Hungary and Portugal for
VM Egyetértés,
Vasas SC,
Sporting CP,
Farense
Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club wi ...
,
Győri ETO and
Vitória Setúbal
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória (b ...
,
Mészáros earned a total of 29 caps for
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
,
and represented them at the
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
and
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
World Cups.
References
1950 births
2023 deaths
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Vasas SC players
Sporting CP footballers
S.C. Farense players
Győri ETO FC players
Vitória F.C. players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Primeira Liga players
Segunda Divisão players
1978 FIFA World Cup players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
20th-century Hungarian people
Hungarian football managers
vasas SC managers
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