Imre Mathesz

Imre Mathesz
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-03-25)25 March 1937
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 6 December 2010(2010-12-06) (aged 73)
Place of death Mernye, Hungary
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1969 Vasas SC 248 (28)
National team
1964–1967 Hungary 12 (0)
Teams managed
1973–1977 Kaposvári Rákóczi

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


The native form of this personal name is Mathesz Imre. This article uses the Western name order.

Imre Mathesz (25 March 1937 – 6 December 2010) was a Hungarian football player and coach.

Career

Playing career

Mathesz, who played as a midfielder, played club football for Vasas SC.[1]

Mathesz represented Hungary at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances in qualifying and two in the tournament itself.[2] Mathesz also played in two qualifying games for the 1968 European Championship.[3]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Mathesz became a football manager, and took charge of Kaposvári Rákóczi in 1973.

Later life and death

Matesz died in a car crash on 6 December 2010, at the age of 73.[4]

References

  1. "Player profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. Imre MatheszFIFA competition record
  3. "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  4. "Gyász: autóbalesetben elhunyt Mathesz Imre, a Vasas legendája". Nemzeti Sport. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.


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