László Szőke Explained

László Szőke
Birth Date:1930 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Death Place:Udine, Italy
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1949–1950
Clubs1:Fanfulla
Caps1:22
Goals1:5
Years2:1951
Clubs2:Junior Barranquilla[1]
Caps2:33
Goals2:10
Years3:1951–1952
Clubs3:RC Paris
Caps3:5
Goals3:1
Years4:1952–1955
Clubs4:Udinese
Caps4:66
Goals4:9
Years5:1955–1960
Clubs5:Triestina
Caps5:136
Goals5:10
Years6:1960–1961
Clubs6:Brescia
Caps6:27
Goals6:0
Years7:1961–1962
Clubs7:Triestina
Caps7:27
Goals7:2

László Szőke (17 October 1930 – 19 March 2014) was a Hungarian footballer.

Career

Szőke was born in Budapest.[2] In 1949 he moved to Italy under contract to Fanfulla before becoming a well-known name in Italian football by being transferred to first division Udinese who went on to place themselves in second position, behind the great AC Milan, in the Serie A division during the 1955–56 season.

Szőke had a spell in Colombia with Atlético Junior during the 1951 season.[3]

Subsequently he transferred to Triestina and with them he won the Italian serie B championship in 1957/58.

At the end of the 1960 season he was ceded to Brescia, coached at the time by another Hungarian born personage in György Sárosi, only to return to Trieste at the end of that season. With the Triestina team, now in Serie B, he became one of the squad's focal points, winning the 1961/62 premiership, returning immediately to Serie B where he ended his playing days in 1963 after suffering a serious leg injury.

He remained in the Udine area, and died in hospital in that city on 19 March 2014, at the age of 83.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/jugadores/junior_173-9403.html Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  2. http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Szoke.html Enciclopedia del calcio
  3. Web site: El Deportivo . Franco García, Wilfrido . El Viejo 'Contingente' en Colombia . The old 'Contingent' in Colombia . https://archive.today/20121206024135/http://www.eldeportivo.com.co/web/DetNoticia_4980_El%20Viejo%20%C2%B4Contingente%C2%B4%20en%20Colombia.html . dead . 6 December 2012 . Spanish . 13 April 2012 .
  4. News: Calcio: Udinese in lutto, morto Laszlo Szoke, bianconero dal 1952 al 1955 . Italian . Football: Udinese in mourning, Laszlo Szoke, bianconero from 1952 to 1955, is dead . Libero . Milan . 19 March 2014 . 19 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081839/http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/sport/11573986/Calcio--Udinese-in-lutto-.html . 7 April 2014 . dead .