Dezső Novák


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Dezső Novák (3 February 1939 – 26 February 2014) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a defender.

Dezső Novák
Personal information
Date of birth 3 February 1939
Place of birth Ják, Hungary
Date of death 26 February 2014 (aged 75)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955 Szombathelyi Postás
1956–1961 Szombathelyi Haladás
1961–1972 Ferencváros
International career
1959–1968 Hungary 9 (3)
Managerial career
1973 Ferencváros
1976–1980 Dunaújvárosi Kohász
1980–1983 Ferencváros
1984–1985 Bajai SC
1985–1986 Volán SC
1987–1988 Szombathelyi Haladás
1994–1996 Ferencváros
1997 Al-Ittihad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. In three Olympic Games, he also won two gold medals in 1964 and 1968, and a bronze medal in 1960.[1]

Later he served as the head coach of Ferencvaros in 1973.

In 2004, he received the Hungarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross.[2]

Novák died on 26 February 2014, at age 75.[2]

Hungary
Individual
  1. ^ "Dezső Novák". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b 75 éves korában elhunyt Novák Dezső (in Hungarian)
  3. ^ "1964 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  

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