Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in

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) is a Hungarian retired professional

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. He is a descendant of the

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aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother

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, he became a published author himself as well. He is also the head of the Hungarian

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Committee, and in February 2007 became a UEFA controller.

Club career

Esterházy played for

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and Honvéd, until he was acquired by

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. At AEK it didn't take long for him to impress, alongside

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and Hokan Sandberg they composed a "magical" triplet in the mid-80s. One of highlights of his career was against

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on 18 September 1985 for the

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. After the shot of

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he went in the course of the ball, jumping over the it and confusing

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, as a result of which it ended up in his net and AEK won the match. In December 1986, as his performance had begun to decline, he left AEK and joined

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. He played for the greens for 1.5 years, but without much success. He then moved to

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to play for Casino Salzburg. In 1989 he traveled to

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for Chênois and then for

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. He ended his career in 1994 at Weissenbach.

International career

He scored 11 goals for the Hungary national team, and was a participant at the

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in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Esterházy scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against

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References

External links

Márton Esterházy at magyarfutball.hu
* 1956 births Living people Footballers from Budapest Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Budapest Honvéd FC players Ferencvárosi TC footballers AEK Athens F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Super League Greece players Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Hungarian writers Marton Esterhazy CS Chênois players Men's association football forwards Budafoki MTE footballers {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub