Imre Mathesz (25 March 1937 – 6 December 2010) was a Hungarian

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player and coach.

Career

Playing career

Mathesz, who played as a

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, played club football for

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. Mathesz represented

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at the

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, making two appearances in qualifying and two in the tournament itself. Mathesz also played in two qualifying games for the 1968 European Championship.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Mathesz became a football manager, and took charge of Kaposvári Rákóczi in 1973.

Later life and death

Matesz died in a car crash on 6 December 2010, at the age of 73.

References

1937 births 2010 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Hungarian football managers Vasas SC players 1966 FIFA World Cup players Road incident deaths in Hungary Footballers from Budapest Men's association football midfielders {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub