Béla Sebestyén (23 January 1886–19 December 1959) was a Hungarian international

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 lea ...

who played as a winger. Sebestyén was Jewish. He played club football for MTK. He also represented his country at the international level, earning 24 caps between 1906 and 1912, and appearing at the

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. He later coached MTK.He won one national championship and two national cup titles. Between 1906 and 1912, he played 24 matches with the Hungary national team and scored two goals. Sebestyén was a member of the 1912 Hungarian Olympic team. On the national team, together with Sándor Bodnár, he was one of the best right wings in Europe. Sebestyén finished his football career relatively early, at the age of 28, after a serious injury.

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1886 births 1959 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Jewish footballers Men's association football midfielders Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Footballers from Budapest MTK Budapest FC players Hungarian football managers Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub

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