Miklós PáncsicsHrvatski glasnik br.29/2008.
Ulica Nikole Pančića u Gari, 17 July 2008, p. 15 (4 February 1944 – 6 August 2007) was a Hungarian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

defender who played for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

and

Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. ''Honvéd'' means ...

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origin. He won a gold medal in

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and a silver medal in

football at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from f ...

, and also participated in

UEFA Euro 1972 The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972. Only four ...

. He earned 37 caps for the

Hungary national football team The Hungary national football team (, ) represents Hungary in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made nine appearances in the FIFA World Cup, and five in the ...

. He later became General Secretary of the

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(MLSZ) and held a doctor's degree in law.

References

1944 births 2007 deaths Men's association football defenders Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Hungarian people of Croatian descent Ferencvárosi TC footballers UEFA Euro 1972 players Olympic footballers for Hungary Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{hungary-footy-defender-stub