Yozhef Betsa

Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa (, , ; 6 November 1929 – 24 February 2011) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. Betsa was an ethnic Magyar. In December 2006 he was denied the invitation to accept a medal from the President of the Union of the Russian football veterans, Alexander Bagratovich Mirzoyan with the explanation that he has to reside in the Russian Federation. He was born and died in Mukacheve.

Honours

Soviet Cup winner: 1955. Olympic champion: 1956.

International career

Betsa made his debut for USSR on 23 October 1955 in a friendly against France.

See also

Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers: Fedir Medvid Vasyl Rats Yozhef Sabo

References

External links

Profile

Yozhef Betsa's obituary

1929 births

2011 deaths

People from Mukachevo

Ukrainian people of Hungarian descent

Soviet men's footballers

Soviet Union men's international footballers

Soviet football managers

Ukrainian men's footballers

Ukrainian football managers

PFC CSKA Moscow players

SKA Lviv players

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players

FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk managers

FC SKA Rostov-on-Don managers

SKA Lviv managers

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers

FC Ararat Yerevan managers

FC Kairat managers

SC Odesa managers

FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia managers

Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union

Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic medalists in football

Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Soviet people of Hungarian descent

Men's association football midfielders

Footballers from Zakarpattia Oblast