István Brockhauser Explained

István Brockhauser
Fullname:István Brockhauser
Height:1.93 m
Birth Date:1964 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1987–1988
Years2:1988–1992
Years3:1992–1996
Years4:1996
Years5:1996–2002
Years6:2002–2004
Clubs6:Újpest FC
Caps1:30
Goals1:0
Caps2:115
Goals2:0
Caps3:79
Goals3:0
Caps4:11
Goals4:0
Caps5:120
Goals5:0
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:1990–1992
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:0

István Brockhauser (born 3 May 1964) is a Hungarian former football player.

Hungary national football team

From 1990 to 1992, he was the No 2 goalkeeper of the Hungarian national team behind Zsolt Petry under the Hungarian coach Kálmán Mészöly and Imre Jenei. Later on, he was replaced as No2 goalkeeper by Zoltán Végh.

KRC Genk

Brockhauser reached his biggest success while playing for Belgian club KRC Genk. He was a member of the very successful team that featured Branko Strupar, Souleymane Oularé, Thordur Ghudjonsson, Mike Origi, Domenico Olivieri, Wilfried Delbroek and others.

In his six years with KRC Genk, Brockhauser grew to be one of the most popular players in the club's history. He was infamous for firing up the Genk fans when he walked to his goal, waving his arms and cheering to the fans while the crowd chanted 'Brockie! Brockie! Brockie!'. 'Brockie', as he was called by the fans, became one of the club's icons and a living legend for the Genk fans.

In the 2001 season he broke his leg after a harsh tackle from Korean SK Beveren striker Lee Sang Il, after which the entire stadium yelled and boo-ed the striker and the other Genk players looked for the Korean to take revenge. Brockhauser recovered in two months, but lost his place to Jan Moons with whom Brockhauser had been challenging to be first choice keeper in Genk.

The 2002 season, when Genk became Belgian champions for the second time, was Brockhauser's last season at KRC Genk. He completed the season as second keeper behind Jan Moons, only gaining some minor time on the pitch with a heroic goodbye from Genk fans at the end of that season's final game, against SK Lokeren.

Honours

1992, 1996

1998–99, 2001–02

1997–98, 1999–2000

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