Árpád Fazekas (footballer, born 1930) explained

Árpád Fazekas
Birth Date:23 June 1930
Birth Place:Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1953–1954
Clubs1:Budapesti Dózsa
Caps1:25
Goals1:0
Years2:1955–1956
Clubs2:Vörös Lobogo
Caps2:25
Goals2:0
Years3:1957–1961
Clubs3:Bayern Munich
Caps3:100
Goals3:0
Years4:1961–1962
Clubs4:Hessen Kassel
Caps4:18
Goals4:0
Years5:1962–1964
Clubs5:Anderlecht
Caps5:13
Goals5:0
Years6:1967–1969
Clubs6:RC Tirlemont
Totalcaps:181
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1955
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0

Árpád Fazekas (23 June 1930 – 10 August 2018) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Szombathely, Fazekas played for Budapesti Dózsa, Vörös Lobogo, Bayern Munich, Hessen Kassel, Anderlecht and RC Tirlemont.

Following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he left Hungary and joined Bayern Munich.[1] In 1960 when Dynamo Kiev was visiting Bayern he told Yozhef Sabo to stay in Munich.[1] He said that he has his own two stories house and a store in Munich.[1]

He earned five international caps for the Hungary national team.

Later life and death

He died in Budapest on 10 August 2018, at the age of 88.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Verbytsky, I. Yozhef Sabo: In Moscow I was constantly called fascist. UA-Football. 4 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Gyász: elhunyt a Bayern München magyar legendája. 12 August 2018. 14 August 2018. Hungarian. Nemzeti Sport.