Árpád Fazekas (footballer, born 1930)

The native form of this personal name is Fazekas Árpád. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Árpád Fazekas

Fazekas in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1930-06-23)23 June 1930
Place of birth	Szombathely, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	10 August 2018(2018-08-10) (aged 88)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1954	Budapesti Dózsa	25	(0)
1955–1956	Vörös Lobogo	25	(0)
1957–1961	Bayern Munich	100	(0)
1961–1962	Hessen Kassel	18	(0)
1962–1964	Anderlecht	13	(0)
1967–1969	RC Tirlemont
Total		181	(0)
International career
1955	Hungary	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. In 1960 when Dynamo Kiev was visiting Bayern he told Yozhef Sabo to stay in Munich. He said that he has his own two stories house and a store in Munich.

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.