Béla Pálfi

Béla Pálfi

Personal information
Full name	Béla Pálfi
Date of birth	16 February 1923
Place of birth	Bečkerek, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death	September 9, 1995 (aged 72)
Place of death	Zrenjanin, FR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1938–1941	AK Vojvodina Zrenjanin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1941–1944	NAK Novi Sad	83	(27)
1945–1946	Spartak Subotica
1946–1948	Partizan	30	(5)
1948	Spartak Subotica	5	(2)
1948–1953	Red Star Belgrade	73	(5)
1953–1954	Spartak Subotica	24	(7)
National team
1948–1951	Yugoslavia	3	(0)
Teams managed
1959–1963	Sloboda Tuzla
1963–1966	Aris Thessaloniki
1969	Proleter Zrenjanin
	Radnički Kragujevac
	Panachaiki
1978–1979	Egaleo
1981–1983	Priština
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1948 London Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Béla Pálfi (Serbian: Bela Palfi, Бeлa Пaлфи; 16 February 1923 – 9 September 1995) was a Serbian footballer of Hungarian ethnicity who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. With Partizan he won national championship (1947) and Yugoslav cup (1947). With Red Star he won 2 national championships (1951, 1953) and 3 Yugoslav cups (1948, 1949, 1950).

He played with NAK Novi Sad during Second World War when the club competed as Újvideki AC in the Hungarian championship.^[1][2]

He started his coaching career in Zrenjanin, then he coached FK Sloboda Tuzla in their first seasons in the Yugoslav First League (1959–60 and 1962–63), then he worked in Greece, later took charge of FK Proleter Zrenjanin in the First League in 1969 and also coached FK Priština.^[3] when the club accomplished promotion for the first time to the Yugoslav First League.^[4]

References

1. Béla Pálfi stats at nela.hu
2. Nincs új a nap alatt at Magyar Szo online, 1-12-2005, retrieved 4-1-2014 (Hungarian)
3. http://www.prishtinafc.com/fcp/site/index.php?p=3&id=8&lng=1
4. Treneri - Razvoj at FSG Zrenjanin, retrieved 10-9-2014 (Serbian)

External links

• Profile at Serbian federation site