Alexandru_Nagy

Alexandru Nagy

Alexandru Nagy

Romanian professional footballer

Alexandru Nagy (Hungarian: Nagy Sándor, 28 October 1946 – 1992) was a Romanian professional footballer of Hungarian ethnicity. Nagy grew up in the youth academies of Crișana Oradea and Crișul Oradea, making its debut in the top-flight for Crișul, in 1965.[1] He played in approx. 133 matches for Crișul (64 in the Divizia A), then in 1972 moved to Jiul Petroșani, where also arrived his former teammate, Árpád Szűcs (via Mureșul Deva).[2]

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Jiul won 1974 Cupa României with Nagy as an essential player, together with other important names of the Romanian football, such as Petre Libardi, Árpád Szűcs, Gheorghe Mulțescu, Adalbert Rozsnyai or Mihai Stoichiță.[3] Nagy would play with Jiul the only two european matches in the history of the club, a two-legged encounter against Dundee United, during the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup season.[4]

In 1975, Nagy moved back to Crișul Oradea, now renamed as FC Bihor Oradea, where he spent two more seasons in the top-flight, playing in approx. 60 matches. Nagy retired in 1977, after 13 seasons of football, 192 matches in the top-flight and 9 goals.

Honours

Crișul Oradea

Jiul Petroșani

References

  1. [1]
    Iosif Buda, o legenda vie a FC Bihor (Iosif Buda, a legend of FC Bihor). bihon.ro (in Romanian)
  2. [2]
    Cronica sentimentală. A fost o vreme când, la Deva, MUREȘUL era…. și FOTBAL! (The sentimental chronicle. There was a time when, in Deva, MUREȘUL was…also FOOTBALL!). zhd.ro (in Romanian)
  3. [3]
    FOTBAL/CUPA ROMÂNIEI/REMEMBER/Cupa României a fost odată în „alb şi negru” (FOOTBALL / ROMANIAN CUP / REMEMBER / The Romanian Cup was once in "black and white"). zhd.ro (in Romanian)
  4. [4]
    Jiul 2 Dundee Utd 0 Cup Winners' Cup (1st Round 2nd Leg). arabarchive.co.uk (in Romanian)
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