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Kálmán Sóvári

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Kálmán Sóvári
Personal information
Full name Kálmán Sóvári
Date of birth (1940-12-21)21 December 1940
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 16 December 2020(2020-12-16) (aged 79)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1968 Újpesti Dózsa 192 (4)
1969–1973 VM Egyetértés 84 (0)
Total 176 (4)
International career
1960–1966 Hungary 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kálmán Sóvári (21 December 1940 – 16 December 2020) was a Hungarian footballer.

Career

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He played for Újpesti Dózsa as a defender. He played 17 games for the Hungary national football team. Sóvári is most famous for playing in two 1962 World Cup qualifying matches and one match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals.[1][2]

His father, Kálmán Sóvári was an Olympic wrestler.

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Elhunyt Sóvári Kálmán (in Hungarian)