Márton Esterházy
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Márton Esterházy | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1976 | III. Kerületi TVE | ||
1976–1977 | Budafoki LC | ||
1977–1979 | Ferencváros | 21 | (2) |
1979–1984 | Honvéd | 153 | (62) |
1984–1987 | AEK Athens | 54 | (16) |
1987–1988 | Panathinaikos | 11 | (1) |
1988–1989 | Casino Salzburg | ||
1989–1991 | Chênois | 30 | (15) |
1991–1993 | Bulle | ||
1993–1994 | SC Weissenbach | ||
Total | 269 | (96) | |
International career | |||
1980–1988 | Hungary | 29 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired professional footballer. He is a descendant of the Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother Péter Esterházy, he became a published author himself as well. He is also the head of the Hungarian Futsal Committee, and in February 2007 became a UEFA controller.[1]
Club career
[edit]Esterházy played for Budafoki LC, Ferencváros and Honvéd, until he was acquired by AEK Athens.
At AEK it didn't take long for him to impress, alongside Thomas Mavros and Hokan Sandberg they composed a "magical" triplet in the mid-80s. One of highlights of his career was against Real Madrid on 18 September 1985 for the UEFA Cup. After the shot of Pavlos Papaioannou he went in the course of the ball, jumping over the it and confusing José Manuel Ochotorena, as a result of which it ended up in his net and AEK won the match.[2]
In December 1986, as his performance had begun to decline, he left AEK and joined Panathinaikos. He played for the greens for 1.5 years, but without much success. He then moved to Austria to play for Casino Salzburg. In 1989 he traveled to Switzerland for Chênois and then for Bulle. He ended his career in 1994 at Weissenbach.[3]
International career
[edit]He scored 11 goals for the Hungary national team,[4] and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Esterházy scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against Canada.
References
[edit]- ^ Esterházy új szerepben Archived 2 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine in Hungarian
- ^ "AEK - REAL MADRID 1-0 (1985) UEFA Cup". 12 October 2009 – via ΥouΤube.
- ^ "Μάρτον Εστερχάζι". kitrinomavro.gr.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
External links
[edit]- Márton Esterházy at magyarfutball.hu
- Márton Esterházy at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Budapest
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Super League Greece players
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Hungarian expatriate men's footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Hungarian writers
- Esterházy family
- CS Chênois players
- Men's association football forwards
- Budafoki MTE footballers
- Hungarian football forward stubs