Gyula Tóth (4 March 1945 – 28 June 2025) was a Hungarian

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who played as a

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. Tóth started his career as a youngster in his native village Salomvár, near to

Zalalövő Zalalövő () is a town in Zala County, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the e ...

, then moved to the

Szombathelyi Haladás Szombathelyi Haladás (), is a Hungarian football club based in Szombathely. ''Haladás'' is the Hungarian word for ''progress''. The club, which was founded in 1919, plays its home games at the Haladás Sportkomplexum which has a capacity of 8, ...

NBI/B team. In 1966, he transferred to

Budapest Honvéd Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

and was already in the starting lineup in the first round. During his years in Kispest, he played 118 league matches for Honvéd. He was a member of the silver medal team in 1969 and 1972, and the bronze medal team in 1970. He played in the cup final twice with Honvéd. In 1972, he transferred to

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

, where he played football until his retirement in 1979. Tóth played a total of 286 times in the top division and scored 15 goals. He died on 28 June 2025, at the age of 80.

Honours

Budapest Honvéd *

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 ...

runner up:

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, 1971–72 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

finalist:

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References

External links

Player statistics at nela.hu
1945 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Budapest Honvéd FC players Zalaegerszegi TE players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players {{Hungary-footy-bio-stub