György Mogoy (born 14 August 1924) is a Hungarian former

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who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played mainly in the position as defender, but also as

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Career

Mogoy was born in

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. He played three seasons for Czechoslovak club

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and one season each for Italian club

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and Spanisch club

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before he moved to Switzerland. Here he first played one season for

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

. Mogoy joined

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

's first team for their 1952–53 season under

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. After playing in five test matches, Mogoy played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 31 August 1952 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with

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. He scored his first goal for his club per penalty on 19 April 1953 in the home game at the

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against

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. Mogoy's biggest success was the championship title that season. Basel won 17 of the 26 league games, losing only once, and they won the championship four points clear of Young Boys in second position. Between the years 1952 and 1956 Mogoy played a total of 113 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 65 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, eight in the

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and 40 were friendly games. He scored his six goals all in the domestic league. Following his time with

Mogoy moved on to play for

Nordstern Basel FC Nordstern Basel is a football team from Basel, Switzerland. Currently playing in the Swiss 8th division, FC Nordstern Basel has spent 35 seasons in the Swiss top flight, last in 1982. They were runners-up in the Swiss league in 1924, 1927, and ...

and after two seasons with them he ended his active football career.

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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