Imre Mathesz (25 March 1937 – 6 December 2010) was a Hungarian

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player and coach.

Playing career

Mathesz, who played as a

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, played club football for

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. He represented

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at the

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, making two appearances in qualifying and two in the tournament itself. He also played in two qualifying games for the 1968 European Championship.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Mathesz became a football manager, and took charge of Kaposvári Rákóczi in 1973.

Later life and death

Mathesz died in a car crash on 6 December 2010, at the age of 73.

References

1937 births 2010 deaths Hungarian men's footballers Footballers from Budapest Men's association football midfielders Hungary men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players Vasas SC players Hungarian football managers Road incident deaths in Hungary 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-midfielder-stub