Dezső Novák

Dezső Novák

Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-02-03)3 February 1939
Place of birth	Ják, Hungary
Date of death	26 February 2014(2014-02-26) (aged 75)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955	Szombathelyi Postás
1956–1961	Szombathelyi Haladás
1961–1972	Ferencváros
International career
1959–1968	Hungary	9	(3)
Managerial career
1973	Ferencváros
1976–1980	Dunaújvárosi Kohász
1980–1983	Ferencváros
1984–1985	Bajai SC
1985–1986	Volán SC
1987–1988	Szombathelyi Haladás
1994–1996	Ferencváros
1997	Al-Ittihad
Medal record Men's football Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition 1964 Tokyo Team competition 1968 Mexico City Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dezső Novák (3 February 1939 – 26 February 2014) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a defender.

During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. In three Olympic Games, he also won two gold medals in 1964 and 1968, and a bronze medal in 1960.^[1]

Later he served as the head coach of Ferencvaros in 1973.

In 2004, he received the Hungarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross.^[2]

Novák died on 26 February 2014, at age 75.^[2]

Honours

Hungary

• Olympic Games: 1964, 1968, third place: 1960

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1964^[3]

References

External links

• Dezső Novák at WorldFootball.net
• Dezső Novák at Olympics.com
• Dezső Novák at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Novák Dezső at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)

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