Béla Katzirz

{{Short description|Hungarian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Béla Katzirz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

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| height = {{height|m=1.95}}

| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = 1973–1983 | clubs1 = Pécsi Munkás | caps1 = 197 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1983–1986 | clubs2 = Sporting Lisbon | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1986 | clubs3 = Pécsi Munkás | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 227 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1978–1983 | nationalteam1 = Hungary | nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Béla Katzirz (born 27 April 1953) is a former Hungarian international football player.

Career

Katzirz began his career with the Hungarian first division club Pécsi Munkás SC, where he played for 10.5 seasons. In 1983, Katzirz joined the Portuguese Liga side Sporting Clube de Portugal, replacing departed fellow Hungarian international Ferenc Mészáros.{{cite web|publisher=i Informação|author=Rui Tovar|title=Meszaros: "Dei uma passa num cigarro durante o dérbi"|url=http://www.ionline.pt/interior/index.php?p=news-print&idNota=22456|language=Portuguese|date=11 September 2009|access-date=6 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722002902/http://www.ionline.pt/interior/index.php?p=news-print&idNota=22456|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=dead}} He remained with Sporting for three seasons before returning to Hungary.

Katzirz made several appearances for the Hungary national football team, including three 1982 World Cup qualifying matches{{FIFA player|51964}} and several Euro 1980{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Haisma, Marcel |author2=van den Elsen, John |name-list-style=amp |title=European Championship 1980 (Details)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80e-fulldet.html|date=28 March 2007}} and Euro 1984 qualifying matches.{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=Haisma, Marcel|title=European Championship 1984 - Qualifying - Full Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84e-qual.html|date=31 July 2008}} He was part of the Hungary squad at the 1982 World Cup finals, but was an unused reserve.

Personal

His son, Dávid Katzirz, is a professional handball player.{{cite web|publisher=delmagyar.hu|author=Süli, József|title=Katzirz Dáviddal kétéves szerződést kötött a Pick|url=http://www.delmagyar.hu/sport/katzirz_daviddal_keteves_szerzodest_kotott_a_pick/2052835/|language=Hungarian|date=3 April 2008}}

References

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  • {{cite book|title=Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R)|publisher=Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó|year=1995|page=83|author=Kozák, Péter|ISBN=963-495-011-6}}