Sándor Popovics (footballer)
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.jpg) Popovics with Sparta in 1964 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Keszthely, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 2019 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Roosendaal, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | Újpest Dózsa | ||
| 1960–1963 | Fürth | ||
| 1963–1964 | Sparta | 5 | (0) |
| 1964–1966 | FC Zaanstreek | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1971 | Quick | ||
| 1971–1972 | MVV '27 | ||
| 1972–1974 | RFC Rotterdam | ||
| 1974–1976 | Overmaas | ||
| 1976–1977 | Unitas | ||
| 1977–1978 | Xerxes | ||
| 1978–1980 | Barendrecht | ||
| 1980–1981 | SVV | ||
| 1981–1983 | Waregem | ||
| 1983–1985 | De Graafschap | ||
| 1985–1987 | NEC Nijmegen | ||
| 1988–1990 | Cambuur | ||
| 1990–1992 | Excelsior | ||
| 1993–1994 | FC Eindhoven | ||
| 1994 | MTK Budapest | ||
| 1995–1998 | ADO Den Haag (gen. manager) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Verbroedering Geel | ||
| 2002 | MTK Budapest | ||
| 2010 | RBC Roosendaal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sándor Popovics (22 June 1939 – 1 July 2019) was a Hungarian-Dutch association football manager and a professional footballer in the position of forward.
Club
As a footballer he played for Újpest Dózsa (1958–1960). When in 1960 he played a game in Austria, he defected from Soviet Union-oppressed Hungary.[1] He continued his football career in Germany at SpVgg Fürth (1960–1963) and later moved to Holland to play for Sparta (1963–64), and FC Zaanstreek (1964–1966).