Ferenc Bene

Ferenc Bene

Personal information
Date of birth	17 December 1944
Place of birth	Balatonújlak, Hungary
Date of death	27 February 2006 (aged 61)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1961–1978	Újpesti Dózsa	417	(303)
National team
1962–1979	Hungary	76	(36)
Teams managed
1992–1993	Újpest FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1964 Tokyo	Football

Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian football (soccer) player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament (12 goals in 5 matches).

Bene was born in Balatonújlak. He played his first international match against Yugoslavia on 14 October 1962, and his last against Czechoslovakia on 12 September 1979. He obtained 76 caps and scored 36 goals. He was bronze medallist at the European Championship of 1964, and a quarter-finalist at the World Cup of 1966 (at the latter event he was the top scorer of the Hungarian national team). Bene was named Footballer of the Year in 1969. He died in Budapest, after a lengthy treatment following a fall at the end of 2005. His son Ferenc Bene jr. is also a former player, currently working as a coach.

He played for the following teams:

• Újpesti Dózsa (1961–1978)
• Volán FC (1978–79, 1983–84)
• Sepsi-78, Finland (1981–82)
• Soroksári VOSE (1984)
• Kecskeméti SC (1985)

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hungary			League		Hungarian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1961-62	Újpesti Dózsa	National Championship I	22	6
1962-63			26	23
1963			13	6
1964			26	20
1965			25	20
1966			26	24
1967			30	22
1968			26	22
1969			29	27
1970			0	0
1970-71			44	34
1971-72			30	29
1972-73			30	23
1973-74			29	14
1974-75			28	20
1975-76			18	7
1976-77			12	4
1977-78			3	2
Total	Hungary		417	303
Career total			417	303

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