Mihály Kozma (born 1 November 1949) is a former
Hungarian football midfielder
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, who played for
Budapest Honvéd FC and Belgium's
Thor Waterschei
He won a silver medal in
football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in
UEFA Euro 1972 for the
Hungary national football team
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. He was part of Honvéd's team winning the Hungarian Championship in 1980 and 1984, respectively, and has several times been the Hungarian First Division's top scorer. His brothers György and Zoltán also played in the Hungarian First Division with Szeged, Mihály's team also prior to his move to Honvéd in early 1969.
He was prevented from making a more spectacular career due to a serious injury he suffered in the summer of 1975 during a preparatory tournament, which almost cut his career short. Having been three-times Hungarian top goal scorer in the 1970s, he spent a short period with Belgium's Thor Waterschei in the early 1980s, before returning to Honvéd in 1982. Although hardly a titular anymore, he still managed to score a number of important goals as a substitute, which proved particularly instrumental in ensuring Honvéd's 1984 championship win, following which he ended his active career.
He later also served Honvéd as team manager.
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1949 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Hungarian men's footballers
Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
Hungary men's international footballers
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Budapest Honvéd FC players
K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk players
UEFA Euro 1972 players
Olympic footballers for Hungary
Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Hungarian football managers
Budapest Honvéd FC managers
Olympic medalists in football
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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