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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1902-11-21)21 November 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 28 April 1957(1957-04-28) (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Trento, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1923 | Törekvés SE | 53 | (19) |
| 1923–1924 | Makkabi Brno | ||
| 1924–1925 | Union 03 Altona | ||
| 1925–1927 | Juventus[3] | 43 | (50) |
| 1927–1932 | MTK Hungária | 107 | (68) |
| 1934–1935 | III. Kerületi TVE | 9 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1922–1932 | Hungary[2] | 33 | (14) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1935–1936 | Mantova Sportiva | ||
| 1936–1938 | Salernitana | ||
| 1938–1939 | Anconitana | ||
| 1939-1940 | Liguria | ||
| 1940–1941 | Salernitana | ||
| 1946–1947 | Sestrese | ||
| 1954–1955 | Aosta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ferenc Hirzer (21 November 1902 – 28 April 1957) known in Hungarian asFerenc Híres was a Hungarianfootball player and manager, who played as aforward during the 1910s and 1920s; he is perhaps best known for his time with Italian sideJuventus. He also played for theHungary national football team thirty-three different times,[4] scoring fourteen goals.
Hirzer began his football career in 1913 with localBudapest sideTörekvés SE, which was put together by railroadmen. In the early 1920s, the club reached the upper parts of theHungarian League but it was largely dominated at the time byMTK Budapest.
After around a decade playing for his hometown club, Ferenc Hizer moved to the Czech Republic to play this club football for Makkabi Brno. The following season, he moved to Germany to play forUnion 03 Altona in the city ofHamburg, they finished runners-up in theNorddeutsche Liga.
For the 1925–26 season, Hirzer moved country again; this time to Italy with Turin giantsJuventus. A fellow Hungarian,Jenő Károly was manager at the time and he had already brought former Toerekvés playerJózsef Viola to the club. He made his debut in October 1925 againstParma scoring ahat-trick.
Juventus were crowned champions of theItalian Football Championship for the first time in 20 years; Hirzer himself had a very impressive end of season record, scoring 35 goals in astonishingly 24 games. This record for the most goals scored by a Juventus player in a single season in the best Italian league, then namedPrima Divisione, has never been broken. After one more season atJuventus, where they finished 3rd behindTorino andBologna he left Italian football. Hirzer had scored a total of 50 goals in 43 games for Juventus during his time with them.
He returned to Hungary in 1927 and played forMTK Hungária back in Budapest. During the 1928–29 season, Hirzer's final season as a player, the club won the Hungarian League title. After his playing career, Hirzer returned to Italy and managed several Italian clubs until around the time of his death, the club he managed for the longest period wasSalernitana inCampania.
.Hirzer was first called up for duty in theHungary national side for a match againstSwitzerland in June 1922, the game ended in a 1–1 draw. He represented Hungary at the1924 Summer Olympics inParis,[5] where he scored two goals in the first round 5–0 victory againstPoland,[6] in the next round however they were knocked out with a shock 3-0 defeat toEgypt.[7]
He also represented Hungary in the1927-30 Central European International Cup, where he became top scorer but despite his efforts, Hungary ended as fourth. In total he scored 14 goals in 32 games for his country.
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