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. † Appearances (goals)

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)