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	60	(40)
1945	Libertatea Oradea
	Arad
1947	Stăruința Satu Mare
1947–1948	Prahova Ploiești
1948–1953	IC Oradea	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.

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.

Honours

Nagyváradi AC

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1943–44

IC Oradea

Divizia A: 1948–49

Notes

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

References

^ János Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "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.

External links

János Kovács at WorldFootball.net
János Kovács profile at Labtof.ro

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