Ferenc Rónay or Francisc Rónay (29 April 1900 – 6 April 1967) was a Hungarian-Romanian

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and

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. Rónay was the first ever scorer of the Romania national football team, giving them the equaliser against

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in their debut, part of the

1922 King Alexander's Cup The 1922 King Alexander's Cup () was the first edition of the Friendship Cup. It was a single-game tournament in 1922 and the first official match of the national association football team of Romania. Pre-match The trophy was named after Alexande ...

. Romania went on to win the game 2–1 thanks to

Aurel Guga Aurel Guga (10 August 1898 – 7 November 1936) was a Romanian football player. Regarded as one of the most talented and versatile players of the early 1920s, Guga was the first captain of the Romania football team. He was also part of Romania's ...

. He was also part of Romania's squad for the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

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Manager

Steaua București * Cupa României:

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

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* * 1900 births 1967 deaths Footballers from Arad, Romania Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Liga I players Liga II players Vagonul Arad players Club Atletic Oradea players Romanian football managers Club Atletic Oradea managers CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers FC Steaua București managers FC Rapid București managers Romania national football team managers Men's association football forwards Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent {{Romania-footy-forward-stub