Gyula Rákosi

{{Short description|Hungarian footballer (born 1938)}}

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{{Hungarian name|Rákosi Gyula}}

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|fullname=Gyula Rákosi

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|10|9}}

|birth_place= Budapest, Hungary

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|position= Midfielder

|years1= 1957–1972 |clubs1= Ferencvárosi TC |caps1= 322 |goals1= 63

|totalcaps= 322 |totalgoals= 63

|nationalyears1=|nationalteam1=Hungary|nationalcaps1= 41 |nationalgoals1= 4

|manageryears1= 1988–1990 |managerclubs1= Ferencvárosi TC

|manageryears2= 1991–1992 |managerclubs2= Tatabányai Bányász SC

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Gyula Rákosi (born 9 October 1938) is a Hungarian former footballer.

During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. He earned 41 caps and scored 4 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1960 to 1968, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad of Ferencvárosi TC that has won the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He also won a bronze medal in football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25749 |title=Gyula Rákosi |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 December 2021}} He finished his career in 1972. Later he worked as a coach, inter alia in the Middle East (Kuwait).