Máté Fenyvesi (20 September 1933 – 17 February 2022) was a Hungarian
footballer
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and politician.Meghalt a Ferencváros VVK-győztes, Európa-bajnoki bronzérmes labdarúgója
Career
During his club career he played for Kecskeméti Kinizsi for two years, and from 1953 to 1969 for
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...
. He earned 76 caps and scored eight goals for the Hungary national team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in the
1958 FIFA World Cup
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, the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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, the
1964 European Nations' Cup
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The tournament was a knockout comp ...
, and the
1966 FIFA World Cup
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. He also scored the winning goal in the final of the 1964–65 edition of the Inter-Cities Fair Cup, winning the game for Ferencvaros against
Juventus
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1–0.
Following his retirement, he worked as a veterinarian, having earned an M.D. degree still while playing. Following the democratic changes in Hungary at the turn of 1989 and 1990, he became actively involved in politics and served as a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2006, first representing the Smallholders' Party, later Fidesz.
Personal life and death
Fenyvesi was married to Mária Fehér Kaplár. They had a daughter, Beatrix, and a son, Levente.- Fenyvesi Máté vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február /ref> He died in his sleep on 17 February 2022, at the age of 88.
Mihály Vasas
Mihály Vasas (born 14 September 1933) is a Hungarian football forward who played for Hungary in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.