István Géczi

István Géczi (16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018)[1] was a Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.[2]

The native form of this personal name is Géczi István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
István Géczi
Personal information
Full name István Géczi
Date of birth (1944-03-16)16 March 1944
Place of birth Sajóörös, Hungary
Place of death 10 September 2018(2018-09-10) (aged 74)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1974 Ferencvárosi TC 309 (0)
National team
1964–1974 Hungary 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,[3] and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.

Following the end of his career, he worked as a teacher and was a member of the Hungarian Parliament in the late 1980s.[4]

Sources
  • Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, I. kötet (A–H). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1994, 377. o., ISBN 963-495-008-6 (in Hungarian)
  • Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (in Hungarian)
  • Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) ISBN 963-7542-44-2 (in Hungarian)
  • Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) ISBN 963-7543-04-X (in Hungarian)
  • Dénes Tamás – Rochy Zoltán: A Kupagyőztesek Európa-kupája története (Budapest, 2000) ISBN 963-85967-3-2 (in Hungarian)

References
  1. Meghalt Géczi István, a Fradi történetének egyik legfontosabb kapusa (in Hungarian)
  2. ftcbk.eu: Születésnapi beszélgetés dr. Géczi Istvánnal (in Hungarian)
  3. "István Géczi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  4. hetek.hu: Tizenegyes a becsület ellen (in Hungarian)


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