Béla Melis (25 September 1959 – 19 July 2024) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a

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. He was a squad member for the

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and became

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

top goalscorer in 1987–88. Melis died on 19 July 2024, at the age of 64.Elhunyt Melis Béla, az Előre legendás csatára

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