Béla Sebestyén

Béla Sebestyén
Personal information
Full name Béla Sebestyén
Date of birth (1886-01-23)23 January 1886
Place of birth Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 19 December 1959(1959-12-19) (aged 73)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– MTK ? (?)
International career
1906–1912 Hungary 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Béla Sebestyén (23 January 1886 – 19 December 1959) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a winger. Sebestyén was Jewish.[1][2] He played club football for MTK.[2] He also represented his country at international level, earning 24 caps between 1906 and 1912, and appearing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3] He later coached MTK.[2]He won one national championship and two national cup titles. Between 1906 and 1912 he played 24 matches with the Hungary national team and scored two goals. Sebestyén was a member of the 1912 Hungarian Olympic team. On the national team, together with Sándor Bodnár, he was one of the best right wings in Europe. Sebestyén finished his football career relatively early, at the age of 28, after a serious injury.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (10 September 1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c Bolchover, David (18 May 2017). The Greatest Comeback: From Genocide To Football Glory: The Story of Béla Guttman. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781785902642 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Béla Sebestyén". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Béla SEBESTYEN for national team".


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