Vilmos Sebők (born 13 June 1973) is a Hungarian former professional

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who played as a

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. He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1996, and has got 52 caps and 9 goals. He was a participant at the

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in Atlanta, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. His most remembered moment in club football was when he played for

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in ...

in the

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, because there he scored the goal for Cottbus when they beat

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

1–0 at Cottbus. Sebők guided

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional association football, football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in Nemzeti ...

to the 1998

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title before moving to

Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

in 1999.

Honours

Újpest *

: 1998, runner-up 1997 * Hungarian Cup: runner-up 1998

References

External links

Personal website
Living people 1973 births Hungarian men's footballers Footballers from Budapest Men's association football central defenders Hungary men's international footballers Hungary men's under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Hungary Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Bundesliga players Israeli Premier League players Újpest FC players Bristol City F.C. players FC Energie Cottbus players SV Waldhof Mannheim players Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players Diósgyőri VTK players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel English Football League players {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub