Geza Šifliš (, hu, Siflis Géza; 25 February 1907 – 18 November 1948) was a Yugoslav

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goalkeeper of Hungarian ethnicity. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the

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. Nicknamed ''Gouliver'' for his height and strength, he played in top league clubs in Yugoslavia and Hungary.Geza Šifliš
at Reprezentacija.rs

Career

Born in Ókeresztúr,

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(nowadays Srpski Krstur,

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), he first appeared playing for

SAND Subotica Subotičko atletičko nogometno društvo (SAND) (Serbian Cyrillic: Суботичко атлетичко ногометно друштво, САНД) was a football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was formed in 1920. It participat ...

in the 1927 Yugoslav Football Championship. Then in 1929 he moved to Hungary where he first played with

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between 1929 and 1931, and then with

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between 1931 and 1933. He played five matches for the Yugoslavia national team, one of them at the

against

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. He played all 5 national team matches while playing with SAND.Geza Šifliš
at National-Football-Teams.com He was an ethnic Hungarian, and after joining Hungarian side Ferencváros, he stayed in Hungary. In 1936, he married Hungarian

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Magda Szász. He died in Baja, Hungary on 18 November 1948.

References

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