Imre Boda (born 10 October 1961) is a retired Hungarian international

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, who played as a forward.

Club career

Boda began playing youth football with

MTK Budapest FC Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a professional Association football, football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The club's colours are blue ...

. He would join the senior team in 1980, and make 190 league appearances for the club. A short spell with

Vasas SC Vasas SC () is a Hungarian sports club based in Budapest. Members of the ''Hungarian Union of Iron Workers'' founded the club as ''Vas- és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja'', the "Sport Club of Iron and Metal Workers", on 16 March 1911. The club ...

followed. Boda moved to Greece in July 1988, initially joining Greek first division side Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos F.C. for two seasons. He would lead the Greek league in goal-scoring, notching 20 goals during the 1988–89 season. Olympiakos Volos were relegated after the 1989–90 season, and Boda moved to

OFI Crete OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...

for two seasons. However, he left the club in December 1991, and would return to Olympiakos Volos, now playing in the Greek second division. After five seasons in Greek football, Boda returned to Hungary and joined

BVSC Budapest Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club-Zugló commonly known as BVSC-Zugló is a professional football club based in Zugló, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club was founded in 1911. Its football section became closed i ...

for one season, playing his last match in October 1993.

International career

Boda made eight appearances for the

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, including two

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qualifying matches.

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* * 1961 births Living people Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players MTK Budapest FC players Vasas SC players Budapesti VSC footballers Olympiacos Volos F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players Men's association football forwards Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from Szolnok 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub