István Závodi
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | István Závodi-Zavadsky | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1906 | ||
Place of birth | Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 10 November 1987 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Montpellier, France | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Újpest FC | |||
1932–1939 | SO Montpellier | ||
1939–1944 | FC Sète | ||
1944–1945 | SO Montpellier | ||
1945–1946 | FC Antibes | ||
1946–1947 | SO Montpellier | ||
International career | |||
1932 | Hungary | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1951–1952 | SO Montpellier | ||
1954–1955 | FC Sète | ||
1956–1957 | SO Montpellier | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
István Závodi, often referred to as Istvan Zavadsky and nicknamed "Pista" (pronounced Pisht'uh; 27 July 1906 – 10 November 1987) was a Hungarian footballer, who capped twice for Hungary national football team.
He spent the majority of his career in France, with SO Montpellier, a team he coached later.[1] During his time in Montpellier in the early 1930s he became close friends with the future leader of Albania, Enver Hoxha.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
- ^ Hoxha, Enver (2023). Years of My Youth.
- Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
- István Závodi at WorldFootball.net
- Hoxha, Enver (2023). Years of My Youth. November 8th Publishing House.
- István Závodi at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1987 deaths
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Montpellier HSC players
- FC Sète 34 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Hungarian football managers
- Montpellier HSC managers
- FC Sète 34 managers
- FC Antibes players
- Men's association football forwards
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
- Hungarian football forward stubs