Ferenc Fülöp (born 22 February 1955 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 football administrator with

MTK Hungária FC Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a Hungarian football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest. The team currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most suc ...

. He played as a

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. Between 1977 – 1986 he was a

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of the

, then was contracted by the Belgian Olympic Charleroi where he spent 3 years. Fülöp was an unused member of the

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squad in

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.1978 FIFA World Cup: Hungary Squad
FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010. Ferenc Fülöp played a role in the 1981 film

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as a centre forward for the

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team in a match against a PoW team. *''

'' (1981) – German Team Player (uncredited) In 1993, he returned to Hungary, and he acted as the technical manager of the Hungarian national football team. From 1995 to 2006 he was the technical director of his former club, the MTK. In 2000, he was chosen by the Hungarian sportreporters the manager of the year. Beginning from March 2006 he is working at the Stars & Friends agency, intermediating international contracts for the Hungarian football players. His late son,

Márton Fülöp Márton Fülöp (; 3 May 1983 – 12 November 2015) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After playing in Hungary for MTK Budapest, BKV Előre SC and BFC Siófok, he signed for English club Tottenham Hotspur, who ...

was also a footballer.

References

* * 1955 births Living people Footballers from Budapest Hungarian footballers MTK Budapest FC players R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football midfielders {{hungary-footy-forward-stub