Tibor Rab (born 2 October 1955) is a Hungarian former

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 ...

who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.

Career

Born in

Gödöllő Gödöllő (; german: Getterle; sk, Jedľovo) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can ...

, Rab played club football for

Ferencváros Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. History The development of Fe ...

and

Monori SE Monori Sportegyesület is a professional football club based in Monor, Pest county, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, the third tier of Hungarian football The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válo ...

. He also earned 20 caps for the

Hungarian national 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 ...

between 1975 and 1982, representing them at the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

. He was also part of the Hungary squad for the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

, but did not play in the tournament.

References

1955 births Living people Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers Ferencvárosi TC footballers Monori SE players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players People from Gödöllő Association football defenders Sportspeople from Pest County {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub