Béla Sebestyén | |
Fullname: | Béla Sebestyén |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1886 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Position: | Winger |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | MTK |
Caps1: | ? |
Goals1: | ? |
Nationalyears1: | 1906–1912 |
Nationalteam1: | Hungary |
Nationalcaps1: | 24 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Béla Sebestyén (23 January 1886 – 19 December 1959) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a winger. Sebestyén was Jewish.[1] [2] He played club football for MTK.[2] He also represented his country at international level, earning 24 caps between 1906 and 1912, and appearing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3] He later coached MTK.[2] He won one national championship and two national cup titles. Between 1906 and 1912 he played 24 matches with the Hungary national team and scored two goals. Sebestyén was a member of the 1912 Hungarian Olympic team. On the national team, together with Sándor Bodnár, he was one of the best right wings in Europe. Sebestyén finished his football career relatively early, at the age of 28, after a serious injury.[4]