Jenő Vincze ''()'' (20 November 1908 – 20 November 1988) was a Hungarian footballer and a legend of

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in ...

, most famous for playing for the Hungary national team in the 1938 World Cup Final. Vincze started playing football for teams based in

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. He became professional in 1927 at Debreceni Bocskai and he was top scorer of the

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

in the 1930–31 season and moved to

in December 1934. He finished his career at Újpest in 1944. He was considered one of the best Hungarian strikers in the 1930s, gaining 25 caps for the

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and playing on the world cup of

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and

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

.1934 FIFA World Cup Italy
After finishing his career, he became a successful coach.

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1908 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Vršac People from the Kingdom of Hungary Hungarians in Vojvodina Hungary men's international footballers Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian football managers 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Újpest FC players Újpest FC managers SpVgg Greuther Fürth managers Servette FC managers FC Basel managers 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 managers Bundesliga managers Men's association football forwards 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub