Yozhef Betsa

Association football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAssociation football player
PlacesHungary Ukraine Russia Czech Republic
wasSports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 November 1929, Mukacheve
Death24 February 2011Mukacheve (aged 81 years)
Star signScorpio
The details

Biography

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.

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.

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