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Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa (Hungarian: József Beca, Ukrainian: Йожеф Йожефович Беца, Russian: Иосиф Иосифович Беца; 6 November 1929 – 24 February 2011) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. Betsa was an ethnic Magyar. In December 2006 he was denied the invitation to accept a medal from the President of the Union of the Russian football veterans, Alexander Bagratovich Mirzoyan with the explanation that he has to reside in the Russian Federation. He was born and died in Mukacheve.




Honours


Soviet Cup winner: 1955.
Olympic champion: 1956.




International career


Betsa made his debut for USSR on 23 October 1955 in a friendly against France.




See also


Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:

Fedir Medvid
Vasyl Rats
Yozhef Sabo




References






External links


Profile (in Russian)
Yozhef Betsa's obituary (in Russian)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• FC Kairat
• Tim nasional sepak bola Ukraina
• Yozhef Betsa
• FC Ararat Yerevan
• FC Kairat
• PFC CSKA Moscow
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• Deaths in February 2011
• 1955 Soviet Cup
• Ukrainians on the Soviet Union national football team
• FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
• SKA Lviv