Nándor Hargitai also known as Nándor Szirmai (20 October 1919 – 11 September 2006) was a Hungarian

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midfielder.

Career

Born in Mátraszele, he begin his career at the youth team of

Dorogi FC Dorogi Futball Club is a Hungarian football club from Dorog. They recently relegated from Nemzeti Bajnokság II, second division to play in Nemzeti Bajnokság III. History On 5 July 2023, Balázs Bekő was appointed as the head coach of the club ...

. He debuted at age 17 for Dorogi senior team in the 1936–37 season but a year later he was signing with

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 made only one appearance for Ferencváros in the 1937–38 season when they won the Hungarian championship. While playing with Ferencváros he changed his name to Nándor Szirmai. In the 1938–39 season, he joined another Hungarian top-flight club, Phöbus FC. In 1940 he moved to Yugoslav club

NAK Novi Sad Novosadski atletski klub (NAK) (Serbian Cyrillic: Новосадски атлетски клуб, НАК; ) was a football club from Novi Sad that existed from 1910 until 1945. History Formed in 1910 while Novi Sad was still part of Austria-Hungar ...

. However, after only one season, and with

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on their way, the city of Novi Sad was occupied by Hungarian forces, and NAK begin to be known as Újvideki AC and play in the Hungarian championship. After the war he played with Hungarian side Viscosa SE until 1949 when he returned to

, now known as Dorogi Bányász and had just returned to top-flight, and played there until 1955 making a total of 131 league appearances and scoring once. He reached the 1953

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final. He died on 11 September 2006, in

Esztergom Esztergom (; ; or ; , known by Names of European cities in different languages: E–H#E, alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the righ ...

, Hungary.Dorog: elhunyt Hargitai Nándor
at Nemzeti sport, 15-9-2006, retrieved 10-1-2014

Honours

;Ferencváros * Hungarian championship: 1937–38 ;Dorogi Bányász *

finalist: 1952

References

1919 births 2006 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dorogi FC footballers Ferencvárosi TC footballers NAK Novi Sad players Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub