Ferenc Weisz | |
Fullname: | Ferenc Weisz |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1885 |
Death Date: | 8 July 1944 (aged 59) |
Death Place: | Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1902–1920 |
Clubs1: | Ferencváros |
Caps1: | 186 |
Goals1: | 105 |
Years2: | 1915 |
Clubs2: | → MTK (loan) |
Caps2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1903–1917 |
Nationalteam1: | Hungary |
Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Manageryears1: | 1920–1922 |
Managerclubs1: | Újpest |
Ferenc Weisz (23 February 1885 – 8 July 1944) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, winning the Hungarian league nine times.[1] [2] He also represented his country at international level, earning 17 caps between 1903 and 1917.[1] After retiring as a player in 1920, Weisz became manager of Újpest between 1920 and 1922.[1]
Weisz was deported with his wife from the Budapest outskirts to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, where he was murdered.[1]