Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

) is a Hungarian retired football player. He is a descendant of the

Esterházy The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy (), is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time that it ...

aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother

Péter Esterházy Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He has been called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", his books being ...

, he became a published author himself as well. He is also the head of the Hungarian

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Committee, and in February 2007 became a UEFA controller.

Club career

Esterházy played for Budafoki LC,

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and Honvéd, until he was acquired by

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

. At AEK it didn't take long for him to impress, alongside

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and Hokan Sandberg they composed a "magical" triplet in the mid-80s. Highlight of his career on the goal of

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against the

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on 18 September 1985, when with a jump over the ball he confused the opposing goalkeeper Ochotorena, as a result of which it ended up in his net. In December 1986 as his performance had begun to decline, he left AEK and joined

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

. He played for the "greens" for 1.5 years, but without much success. He then moved to

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to play for Casino Salzburg. In 1989 he traveled to

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for Chênois and

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. He ended his career in Weissenbach.

International career

He scored 11 goals for the Hungarian national team, and was a participant at the

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in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Esterházy scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against

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References

External links

Márton Esterházy at magyarfutball.hu
* 1956 births Living people Footballers from Budapest Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Budapest Honvéd FC players Ferencvárosi TC footballers AEK Athens F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Super League Greece players Hungarian footballers Hungarian expatriate footballers Hungary international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Hungarian writers Marton Esterhazy CS Chênois players Association football forwards Budafoki LC footballers {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub