Geza Šifliš
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Krstur, Austro-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 18 November 1948 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Baja, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1927–1929 | SAND Subotica | ||
| 1929–1931 | Ferencváros | ||
| 1937–1938 | Újpest | ||
| National team | |||
| 1927–1928 | Yugoslavia | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Geza Šifliš (Serbian Cyrillic: Геза Шифлиш) (25 February 1907 – 18 November 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. Nicknamed Gouliver[1] for his height[2] and strength, he played in top league clubs in Yugoslavia and Hungary.[3]
Career
Born in Krstur,[3] Austro-Hungary, (nowadays Srpski Krstur, Serbia), he first appeared playing for SAND Subotica[4] in the 1927 Yugoslav Football Championship.[3] Then in 1929 he moved to Hungary where he first played with Ferencvárosi TC between 1929 and 1931, and then with Újpest FC between 1931 and 1933.[3]
He played 5 matches for the Yugoslav national team, one of them at the 1928 Summer Olympics[5] against Portugal.[6] He played all 5 national team matches while playing with SAND.[7]
He was an ethnic Hungarian, and after joining Hungarian side Ferencváros, he stayed in Hungary. In 1936 he married Hungarian swimmer Magda Szász. He died in Baja, Hungary on November 18, 1948.[3]
References
- ↑ Geza Šifliš at EU-Football.info
- ↑ Siflis Géza at tempofradi.hu (Hungarian)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Geza Šifliš at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)
- ↑ Match report at tempofradi.hu
- ↑ Geza Šifliš at sports-reference.com
- ↑ Geza Šifliš at FIFA.com
- ↑ Geza Šifliš at National-Football-Teams.com
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