Rudolf Illovszky

Rudolf Illovszky
Illovszky in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-02-21)21 February 1922
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 23 September 2008(2008-09-23) (aged 86)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
1933–1941 MTK Budapest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1956 Vasas SC 270 (87)
International career
Hungary 3 (0)
Managerial career
1957–1963 Vasas SC
1965 Vasas SC
1966–1967 Hungary
1967–1969 Vasas SC
1970–1971 Pierikos FC
1971–1974 Hungary
1974–1977 Vasas SC
1978–1979 Admira Wacker
1984–1986 Vasas SC
1995 Vasas SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's football
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team Competition

Rudolf Illovszky (21 February 1922 – 23 September 2008) was a Hungarian football player and manager. He was both a player and manager of Vasas SC. He also served as the manager of the Hungary national football team from 1971 to 1974.[1]

A football stadium in the Hungarian capital Budapest was named after Illovszky on February 12, 1960.[2]

He died in Budapest from pneumonia in 2008, at the age of 86.[3]

Honours

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Player

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Vasas SC

Manager

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Vasas SC

Hungary

Personal honours

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  • Béla Bay Prize: 2002

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Rudolf Illovszky". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Illovszky Rudolf Stadion – Budapest |". Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "The Budapest Times - Hungary?s leading English Language source for daily news". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.