Yozhef Betsa

Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa (Hungarian: József Beca, Ukrainian: Йожеф Йожефович Беца, Russian: Иосиф Иосифович Беца; 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.

Yozhef Betsa

Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	Team

József Beca / Yozhef Betsa

Personal information
Full name	Yozhef Yozhefovich Betsa
Date of birth	(1929-11-06)6 November 1929
Place of birth	Mukachevo
Date of death	24 February 2011(2011-02-24) (aged 81)
Place of death	Mukachevo, Ukraine
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Mukachevo Tobacco Factory
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946	Bilshovyk Mukacheve
1947–1949	Spartak Uzhhorod
1950–1951	GDO Stanislav
1951–1953	Spartak Stanislav
1953–1954	ODO Lviv	22	(0)
1954–1958	CDSA / CSK MO Moscow	35	(2)
International career
1955	USSR	1	(0)
1956	USSR Olympic	1	(0)
Managerial career
1959–1961	Lenin Military Athletic Institute
1961	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)
1963	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)
1964–1967	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
1968	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)
1969–1970	SKA Lviv
1971–1972	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
1972–1973	ZGV (East Germany)
1975	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
1976–1978	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1979–1981	FC Ararat Yerevan
1982	FC Kairat
1985	SKA Odesa
1989	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
1989–1990	SKA Rostov-on-Don
1991	Pryladyst Mukacheve (director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Soviet Cup winner: 1955.
• Olympic champion: 1956.^[1]

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