László Szőke (17 October 1930 – 19 March 2014) was a Hungarian footballer.

Career

Szőke was born in Budapest. In 1949 he moved to Italy under contract to Fanfulla before becoming a well-known name in Italian football by being transferred to first division Udinese who went on ászlóSzőto place themselves in second position, behind the great AC Milan, in the Serie A division during the 1955–56 season.

László Szőke

Szőke had a spell in Colombia with Atlético Junior during the 1951 season.

László Szőke

Subsequently he transferred to Triestina and with them he won the Italian serie B championship in 1957/58.

László Szőke

At the end of the 1960 season he was ceded to Brescia, coached at the time by another Hungarian born personage in György Sárosi, only to return to Trieste at the end of that season. With the Triestina team, now in Serie B, he became one of the squad's focal points, winning the 1961/62 premiership, returning immediately to Serie B where he ended his playing days in 1963 after suffering a serious leg injury.

He remained in the Udine area, and died in hospital in that city on 19 March 2014, at the age of 83.

References

1930 births

2014 deaths

Hungarian men's footballers

Udinese Calcio players

US Triestina Calcio 1918 players

Brescia Calcio players

Serie A players

Serie B players

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Atlético Junior footballers

Categoría Primera A players

Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in France

Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia

Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia

Racing Club de France Football players

Ligue 1 players

Expatriate men's footballers in France

Hungarian expatriate men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Footballers from Budapest