János Göröcs (8 May 1939 – 23 February 2020) was a Hungarian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He played for the club Újpesti Dózsa as a striker and a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, and later for Tatabányai Bányász. He played 62 games and scored 19 goals for the

Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in men's international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made 9 appearances in the FIFA World Cup and 4 app ...

. Göröcs was born in

Gánt Gánt is a village in Fejér county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, ...

. He was best-known for his participation in the bronze medal winning Hungarian team on the 1960 Summer Olympic Games and for playing on the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

. He later became trainer of

Újpest Újpest (; german: Neu-Pest, en, New Pest) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary i ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorocs, Janos 1939 births 2020 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian football managers Újpest FC players Újpest FC managers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Hungary men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Footballers from Fejér County Men's association football midfielders Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers