Ferenc Fülöp

Ferenc Fülöp (born in Budapest 22 February 1955), also referred to as Fülöp Ferenc, is a Hungarian football administrator with MTK Hungária FC.

Between 1977 - 1986 he was a footballer of the MTK Hungária FC, then was contracted by the Belgian Olympic Charleroi where he spent 3 years. Fülöp was an unused member of the Hungary 1978 World Cup squad in Argentina.^[1]

Ferenc played a role in the 1981 film Escape to Victory as a centre forward for the Nazi team in a match against a PoW team.

In 1993 he returned to Hungary, and he acted as the technical manager of the Hungarian national football team. From 1995 to 2006 he was the technical director of his former club, the MTK. In 2000 he was chosen by the Hungarian sportreporters the manager of the year. Beginning from March 2006 he is working at the Stars & Friends agency, intermediating international contracts for the Hungarian football players.

His son, Márton Fülöp is also a footballer.

References

^ 1978 FIFA World Cup: Hungary Squad FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

"Stars & Friends - Tulajdonosok" (in Hungarian). http://www.starsandfriends.hu/index.php?base=starsandfriends&type=operators. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
Németh Szilárd. "Király aranylabdás" (in Hungarian). Hetek IV (51). http://www.epa.oszk.hu/00800/00804/00144/9261.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

Hungary squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Gujdár 2 Török 3 Kocsis 4 J. Tóth 5 Zombori 6 Kereki 7 Fazekas 8 Nyilasi 9 Törőcsik 10 Pinter 11 Várady 12 Martos 13 Csapó 14 Bálint 15 Rab 16 Halász 17 Pusztai 18 Nagy 19 A. Tóth 20 Fülöp 21 Mészáros 22 Kovács Coach: Baróti

Persondata
Name	Fulop, Ferenc
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	22 February 1955
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death
Place of death