Béla Katzirz

Béla Katzirz
Personal information
Date of birth	27 April 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1983	Pécsi Munkás
1983–1986	Sporting Lisbon
1986	Pécsi Munkás
Total
International career
1978–1983	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Béla Katzirz (born 27 April 1953) is a former Hungarian international football player.

Career

Katzirz began his career with the Hungarian first division club Pécsi Munkás SC, where he played for 10.5 seasons. In 1983, Katzirz joined the Portuguese Liga side Sporting Clube de Portugal, replacing departed fellow Hungarian international Ferenc Mészáros.^[1] He remained with Sporting for three seasons before returning to Hungary.

Katzirz made several appearances for the Hungary national football team, including three 1982 World Cup qualifying matches^[2] and several Euro 1980^[3] and Euro 1984 qualifying matches.^[4] He was part of the Hungary squad at the 1982 World Cup finals, but was an unused reserve.

His son, Dávid Katzirz, is a professional handball player.^[5]

^ Rui Tovar (11 September 2009). "Meszaros: "Dei uma passa num cigarro durante o dérbi"" (in Portuguese). i Informação. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
^ Béla Katzirz – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Haisma, Marcel & van den Elsen, John (28 March 2007). "European Championship 1980 (Details)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ Haisma, Marcel (31 July 2008). "European Championship 1984 - Qualifying - Full Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ Süli, József (3 April 2008). "Katzirz Dáviddal kétéves szerződést kötött a Pick" (in Hungarian). delmagyar.hu.

Kozák, Péter (1995). Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó. p. 83. ISBN 963-495-011-6.