János Kovács (footballer, born 1919)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 March 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania | ||
| Date of death | 1982 (aged 62–63) | ||
| Place of death | Oradea, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CAM Timișoara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| CAM Timișoara | |||
| Craiova | |||
| Prahova Ploiești | |||
| Paris | |||
| 1937–1938 | Crișana Oradea | ||
| 1938–1940 | Prahova Ploiești | ||
| 1941–1943 | Nagyváradi AC[a] | 60 | (40) |
| 1945 | Libertatea Oradea | ||
| Arad | |||
| 1947 | Stăruința Satu Mare | ||
| 1947–1948 | Prahova Ploiești | ||
| 1948–1953 | IC Oradea[b] | 26 | (16) |
| Total | 86 | (56) | |
| International career | |||
| 1943 | Hungary | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
János Kovács (13 March 1919 – 1982) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit]Kovács played for several Hungarian clubs located in Romania, such as Nagyváradi AC, where he won the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and later with the same club but under a different name, IC Oradea, he won the 1948–49 Divizia A.[1][2][3][4]
International career
[edit]On 6 June 1943, János Kovács played his only match for Hungary, being used by coach Kálmán Vághy in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 victory against Bulgaria.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]Nagyváradi AC
IC Oradea
Notes
[edit]- ^ The statistics for the 1940–41 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season are unavailable.[1]
- ^ Only the statistics for the 1948–49 Divizia A season are available.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d János Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "János Kovács (Timisoara March 13, 1919 – Oradea 1982)". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ ""Everestul" fotbalului bihorean" [The "Everest" of Bihor football] (in Romanian). Bihon.ro. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "János Kovács". eu-football.info.
- ^ "Bulgaria 2-4 Hungary". eu-football.info.
External links
[edit]- János Kovács at WorldFootball.net
- János Kovács profile at Labtof.ro
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1982 deaths
- Footballers from Timișoara
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II players
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FC Prahova Ploiești players
- CAM Timișoara players
- Club Atletic Oradea players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France