László Szőke

László Szőke (17 October 1930 – 19 March 2014) was a Hungarian footballer.

For the Hungarian Olympic boxer, see László Szőke (boxer).
László Szőke
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-10-17)17 October 1930
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 19 March 2014(2014-03-19) (aged 83)
Place of death Udine, Italy
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1950 Fanfulla 22 (5)
1951 Junior Barranquilla[1] 33 (10)
1951–1952 RC Paris 5 (1)
1952–1955 Udinese 66 (9)
1955–1960 Triestina 136 (10)
1960–1961 Brescia 27 (0)
1961–1962 Triestina 27 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Szőke was born in Budapest.[2] In 1949 he moved to Italy under contract to Fanfulla before becoming a well-known name in Italian football by being transferred to first division Udinese who went on to place themselves in second position, behind the great AC Milan, in the Serie A division during the 1955–56 season.

Szőke had a spell in Colombia with Atlético Junior during the 1951 season.[3]

Subsequently he transferred to Triestina and with them he won the Italian serie B championship in 1957/58.

At the end of the 1960 season he was ceded to Brescia, coached at the time by another Hungarian born personage in György Sárosi, only to return to Trieste at the end of that season. With the Triestina team, now in Serie B, he became one of the squad's focal points, winning the 1961/62 premiership, returning immediately to Serie B where he ended his playing days in 1963 after suffering a serious leg injury.

He remained in the Udine area, and died in hospital in that city on 19 March 2014, at the age of 83.[4]

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References
  1. Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 20 December 2012 at Archive.today
  2. Enciclopedia del calcio
  3. Franco García, Wilfrido (13 April 2012). "El Viejo 'Contingente' en Colombia" [The old 'Contingent' in Colombia] (in Spanish). El Deportivo. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012.
  4. "Calcio: Udinese in lutto, morto Laszlo Szoke, bianconero dal 1952 al 1955" [Football: Udinese in mourning, Laszlo Szoke, bianconero from 1952 to 1955, is dead]. Libero (in Italian). Milan. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

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