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Yozhef Betsa
Soviet footballer (1929–2011) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yozhef Yozhefovich 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. Russian variation of his name had both variants, the Ukrainian transliteration of Hungarian as well as the standard Russian adaptation for Yozhef as Iosif.[1] In December 2006, he was denied the invitation to accept a medal from the President of the Union of Russian football veterans, Alexander Bagratovich Mirzoyan, with the explanation that he had to reside in the Russian Federation. He was born and died in Mukacheve.
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Honours
- Soviet Cup winner: 1955.
- Olympic champion: 1956.[2]
International career
Yozhef Betsa capped only two games for the Soviet Union national football team. With one that he played at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where the Soviet Union played with its senior (first) team.
Betsa made his debut for USSR on 23 October 1955 in a friendly against France.
See also
Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:
References
External links
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