Pál Fischer (born 29 January 1966) is a Hungarian former professional

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er who played as a

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Club career

Fischer was born in

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. After playing initially with

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between 1984 and 1991, he managed to be Hungarian national champion and

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top scorer in 1992, a year after returning from a year-long loan at

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where he was already Dutch

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champion in 1990. After this successful period he moved to

BFC Siófok Bodajk FC Siófok, generally shortened to BFC Siófok, is a Hungarian football club based in Siófok, a small town on the shores of Lake Balaton. The club was founded in 1921 as ''Siófok SE''. The word ''Bodajk'' in the club's name stems from ...

but after a year he signed with Kispest Honvéd where he was Hungarian champion again in 1993. Afterwards he returned to BFC Siofók in 1993, joined Soproni LC in 1994 before moving to

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in 1995 where he settled for two seasons. In 1997, he emigrated again, this time to play with

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club

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. After one season in Croatia he returned to Hungary and played with

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and Magyargéc before retiring in 2003.

International career

Fischer was part of the Hungary team that participated in the

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. He was part of the Hungary national team and played a total of 19 matches from 1988 until 1992.

Honours

Ajax *

: 1989–90 Ferencváros *

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: 1990–91 Honvéd Budapest *

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 ...

: 1992–93 Individual *

top goalscorer: 1991–92 (16 goals, together with Ferenc Orosz)

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