János Kovács (footballer, born 1919)

Hungarian footballer (1919–1982)

János Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth	(1919-03-13)13 March 1919
Place of birth	Timișoara, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	1982 (aged 62–63)
Place of death	Oradea, Romania
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	CAM Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	CAM Timișoara
	Craiova
	Prahova Ploiești
	Paris
1937–1938	Crișana Oradea
1938–1940	Prahova Ploiești
1941–1943	Nagyváradi AC^[a]	60	(40)
1945	Libertatea Oradea
	Arad
1947	Stăruința Satu Mare
1947–1948	Prahova Ploiești
1948–1953	IC Oradea^[b]	26	(16)
Total		86	(56)
International career
1943	Hungary	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

János Kovács (13 March 1919 – 1982) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Kovács played for several Hungarian clubs located in Romania, such as Nagyváradi AC, where he won the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and later with the same club but under a different name, IC Oradea, he won the 1948–49 Divizia A.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

International career

On 6 June 1943, János Kovács played his only match for Hungary, being used by coach Kálmán Vághy in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 victory against Bulgaria.^[5]^[6]

Honours

Nagyváradi AC

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1943–44^[1]

IC Oradea

Divizia A: 1948–49^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ The statistics for the 1940–41 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season are unavailable.^[1]
^ Only the statistics for the 1948–49 Divizia A season are available.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d János Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
^ ^a ^b ^c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "János Kovács (Timisoara March 13, 1919 – Oradea 1982)". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian).
^ ""Everestul" fotbalului bihorean" [The "Everest" of Bihor football] (in Romanian). Bihon.ro. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "János Kovács". eu-football.info.
^ "Bulgaria 2-4 Hungary". eu-football.info.