Ferenc Rónay or Francisc Rónay (29 April 1900 – 6 April 1967) was a Hungarian-Romanian

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and

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. Rónay was the first ever scorer of the

Romania national football team The Romania national football team () represents Romania in men's international Association football, football, and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation (), also known as FRF. They are colloquially known as ''Tricolorii'' ("the T ...

, giving them the equaliser against

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in their debut, part of the 1922 King Alexander's Cup. Romania went on to win the game 2–1 thanks to

Aurel Guga Aurel Guga (10 August 1898 – 7 November 1936) was a Romanian football player. Regarded as one of the most talented and versatile players of the early 1920s, Guga was the first captain of the Romania football team. He was also part of Romania' ...

. He was also part of Romania's squad for the football tournament at the

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, but he did not play in any matches. He played for most of his career in

Club Atletic Oradea Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

jersey, club for which he played in over 120 matches and scored over 130 goals. Rónay was a football star of the 1920s in Romania and a fearsome striker.

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Manager

Steaua București *

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

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* * 1900 births 1967 deaths Footballers from Arad, Romania Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Liga I players Liga II players Vagonul Arad players Club Atletic Oradea players Romanian football managers Club Atletic Oradea managers CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers FCSB managers FC Rapid București managers Romania national football team managers Men's association football forwards Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-forward-1900s-stub