József Kovács (footballer, born 1949)
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Date of birth | 8 April 1949 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Balatonlelle, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1964–1968 | Videoton SC | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1968–1980 | Videoton SC | ||||||||||||||||
1980–1985 | Újpesti Dózsa | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1971–1979 | Hungary | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
József Kovács (born 8 April 1949 in Balatonlelle) is a Hungarian former football midfielder who played for Videoton SC and Újpesti Dózsa.
He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,[1] and also participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.[2]
Honours
[edit]Újpesti Dózsa
Hungary
- Summer Olympics runner-up: 1972
References
[edit]- ^ "József Kovács Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ worldfootball.net: Hungary's squad for EURO 1972
Sources
[edit]- Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 173. o., ISBN 963-495-011-6 (in Hungarian)
- Botos István: A Videoton labdarúgó krónikája (Székesfehérvár, 1991) ISBN 963-7686-00-2 (in Hungarian)
- Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (in Hungarian)