János Göröcs
János Göröcs (8 May 1939 – 23 February 2020) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for the club Újpesti Dózsa as a striker and a midfielder, and later for Tatabányai Bányász. He played 62 games and scored 19 goals for the Hungary national football team.
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gánt, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 February 2020 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1972 | Újpest FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | Tatabányai Bányász | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1970 | Hungary | 62 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Újpest FC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Göröcs was born in Gánt. He was best-known for his participation in the bronze medal winning Hungarian team on the 1960 Summer Olympic Games and for playing on the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He later became trainer of Újpest.
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