József Varga (footballer, born 1954)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 October 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
–1973 | Budapesti Honvéd | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1985 | Budapesti Honvéd | 283 | (20) |
1985–1987 | Denizlispor | 58 | (4) |
1987–1988 | Újpesti Dózsa | 31 | (2) |
1989–1990 | Volán | 14 | (1) |
1990 | Reipas Lahti | ||
International career | |||
1980–1986 | Hungary | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
József Varga (born 9 October 1954) is a retired Hungarian international football player.
Career
[edit]Born in Budapest, Varga spent most of his career with Budapesti Honvéd, where he was very popular and nicknamed "Kacsa" (duck). He also spent some time playing abroad, notably with for Turkish first division club Denizlispor. Varga finished his professional career at Újpest FC.
He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1980, and got 31 caps and 1 goal until 1986.[1] He was a participant at the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage on both occasions. Varga scored his only international goal against Belgium at the 1982 World Cup.
References
[edit]- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
External links
[edit]- József Varga – FIFA competition record (archived)
- József Varga at National-Football-Teams.com
- József Varga at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Budapest
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Újpest FC players
- Volán FC players
- Reipas Lahti players
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Denizlispor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Men's association football defenders
- Hungarian football defender stubs