László Gyimesi (born 8 September 1957) is a former Hungarian professional

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who played as a

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. He was a member of the Hungary national team. Gyimesi works as an active football coach.

Career

Gyimesi started playing football for

Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. ''Honvéd'' means ...

in the Hungarian national championship, where he played for 14 years, with a short interruption. Since 1988, he has played for

K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four championship title ...

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, where he finished his active football career in 1992.

National team

Between 1978 and 1988, Gyimesi played 12 times for the Hungary national team and scored one goal.

As a coach

Gyimesi has coached four teams since 1997. These were as follows:

Csepel SC Csepel SC () is a Hungary, Hungarian sports club based in Csepel, the XXI district of Budapest, which is on an island in the Danube in the south of the city. The club was formed in 1912 as ''Csepeli Torna Klub'' ("gymnastics club"). The Csepel ...

Vác FC Vác FC is a Hungarian football club based in Vác, north of Budapest. The club of the fourth division of the Hungarian football league was established in June 1899 as ''Váci Városi SE'' plays its home matches at the Stadion Városi Vác. ...

, Tököl VSK and Inter 04.

Honours

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 ...

(NB I) ** Champion: 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88 *

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 ...

(MNK) ** Winner: 1985

References

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