István Géczi

István Géczi

Personal information
Full name	István Géczi
Date of birth	16 March 1944
Place of birth	Sajóörös, Hungary
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1974	Ferencvárosi TC	309	(0)
National team
1964-1974	Hungary	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's football
	1972 Munich	Team Competition

István Géczi (born 16 March 1944 in Sajóörös) is a retired Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.^[1]

He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics,^[2] and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.

Following the end of his career, he worked as a teacher and was a member of the Hungarian Parliament in the late 1980s.^[3]

Honours

• Olympic Games:
  • Runner-Up (1): 1972
• UEFA Cup:
  • Winner (1): 1965
  • Runner-Up (1): 1968
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup:
  • Runner-Up (1): 1974-75
• Hungarian National Championship I:
  • Winner (5): 1962-63, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975–76
• Hungarian Cup:
  • Winner (2): 1971-72, 1973–74

Sources

• Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, I. kötet (A–H). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1994, 377. o., ISBN 963-495-008-6 (Hungarian)
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4 (Hungarian)
• Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) ISBN 963-7542-44-2 (Hungarian)
• Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) ISBN 963-7543-04-X (Hungarian)
• Dénes Tamás – Rochy Zoltán: A Kupagyőztesek Európa-kupája története (Budapest, 2000) ISBN 963-85967-3-2 (Hungarian)

References

1. ftcbk.eu: Születésnapi beszélgetés dr. Géczi Istvánnal (Hungarian)
2. "István Géczi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
3. hetek.hu: Tizenegyes a becsület ellen (Hungarian)