Yozhef Betsa

{{Short description|Soviet footballer (1929–2011)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's football}}

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{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | Team }}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = József Beca / Yozhef Betsa

| fullname = Yozhef Yozhefovich Betsa

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|11|6}}

| birth_place = Mukachevo

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|2|24|1929|11|6}}

| death_place = Mukachevo, Ukraine

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Mukachevo Tobacco Factory

| years1 = 1946

| years2 = 1947–1949

| years3 = 1950–1951

| years4 = 1951–1953

| years5 = 1953–1954

| years6 = 1954–1958

| clubs1 = Bilshovyk Mukacheve

| clubs2 = Spartak Uzhhorod

| clubs3 = GDO Stanislav

| clubs4 = Spartak Stanislav

| clubs5 = ODO Lviv

| clubs6 = CDSA / CSK MO Moscow

| caps1 =

| caps2 =

| caps3 =

| caps4 =

| caps5 = 22

| caps6 = 35

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| goals3 =

| goals4 =

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1955

| nationalyears2 = 1956

| nationalteam1 = USSR

| nationalteam2 = USSR Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1959–1961

| manageryears2 = 1961

| manageryears3 = 1963

| manageryears4 = 1964–1967

| manageryears5 = 1968

| manageryears6 = 1969–1970

| manageryears7 = 1971–1972

| manageryears8 = 1972–1973

| manageryears9 = 1975

| manageryears10 = 1976–1978

| manageryears11 = 1979–1981

| manageryears12 = 1982

| manageryears13 = 1985

| manageryears14 = 1989

| manageryears15 = 1989–1990

| manageryears16 = 1991

| managerclubs1 = Lenin Military Athletic Institute

| managerclubs2 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)

| managerclubs3 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)

| managerclubs4 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don

| managerclubs5 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)

| managerclubs6 = SKA Lviv

| managerclubs7 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don

| managerclubs8 = ZGV (East Germany)

| managerclubs9 = FC SKA Rostov-on-Don

| managerclubs10 = FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

| managerclubs11 = FC Ararat Yerevan

| managerclubs12 = FC Kairat

| managerclubs13 = SKA Odesa

| managerclubs14 = FC Torpedo Zaporizhia

| managerclubs15 = SKA Rostov-on-Don

| managerclubs16 = Pryladyst Mukacheve (director)

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Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa ({{langx|hu|József Beca}}, {{langx|uk|Йожеф Йожефович Беца}}, {{langx|ru|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27560 |title=Yozhef Betsa |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 December 2021}}

International career

Betsa made his debut for USSR on 23 October 1955 in a friendly against France.

See also

Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:

References

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