Dezső Novák (3 February 1939 – 26 February 2014) was a Hungarian

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 defender. During his club career he played for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

. For the Hungary national team, he participated in the

1964 European Nations' Cup The 1964 European Nations' Cup was the second edition of the UEFA European Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over the defending champions, the Soviet Union. The tournament was a knockout comp ...

. In three

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, he also won two gold medals in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

and

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, and a bronze medal in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

. Later he served as the head coach of Ferencvaros in 1973. In 2004, he received the Hungarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross. Novák died on 26 February 2014, at age 75.75 éves korában elhunyt Novák Dezső

Honours

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, third place:

;Individual *

UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game. Awards There are currently five post-tournament awards, a ...

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* * * * 1939 births 2014 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1964 European Nations' Cup players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Hungarian football managers Ferencvárosi TC managers Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) managers Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Footballers from Vas County Men's association football defenders Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub