István Brockhauser (born 3 May 1964) is a Hungarian former
football
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player.
Hungary national football team
From 1990 to 1992, he was the No 2 goalkeeper of the Hungarian national team behind
Zsolt Petry under the Hungarian coach
Kálmán Mészöly
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Mészöly played a t ...
and
Imre Jenei. Later on, he was replaced as No2 goalkeeper by
Zoltán Végh.
KRC Genk
Brockhauser reached his biggest success while playing for Belgian club
KRC Genk
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. He was a member of the very successful team that featured
Branko Strupar
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,
Souleymane Oularé, Thordur Ghudjonsson,
Mike Origi
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He spent most of his profession ...
,
Domenico Olivieri, Wilfried Delbroek and others.
In his six years with KRC Genk, Brockhauser grew to be one of the most popular players in the club's history. He was infamous for firing up the Genk fans when he walked to his goal, waving his arms and cheering to the fans while the crowd chanted 'Brockie! Brockie! Brockie!'. 'Brockie', as he was called by the fans, became one of the club's icons and a living legend for the Genk fans.
In the 2001 season he broke his leg after a harsh tackle from Korean SK Beveren striker
Lee Sang Il, after which the entire stadium yelled and boo-ed the striker and the other Genk players looked for the Korean to take revenge. Brockhauser recovered in two months, but lost his place to
Jan Moons with whom Brockhauser had been challenging to be first choice keeper in Genk.
The 2002 season, when Genk became Belgian champions for the second time, was Brockhauser's last season at KRC Genk. He completed the season as second keeper behind Jan Moons, only gaining some minor time on the pitch with a heroic goodbye from Genk fans at the end of that season's final game, against SK Lokeren.
Honours
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1993
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Hungarian Cup
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: 1992, 1996
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Belgian First Division
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1998–99,
2001–02
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Belgian Cup
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: 1997–98, 1999–2000
See also
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Jupiler League
External links
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Voetbal International. 2003.*
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1964 births
Living people
Footballers from Budapest
Hungarian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Hungary men's international footballers
Vác FC players
Újpest FC players
Budapest Honvéd FC players
Győri ETO FC players
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
K.R.C. Genk players
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen