István Gajda

István Gajda
Personal information
Full nameIstván Gajda
Date of birth6 June 1981
Place of birthBudapest, Hungary
Date of death26 November 2011 (aged 30)
Place of deathM7 motorway, near Pákozd, Hungary
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
1995–1999Ferencvárosi TC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2002Ferencvárosi TC4(1)
2000–2001Lombard-Pápa TFC?(?)
2001–2002Celldömölki VSE?(?)
2002–2003Lombard-Pápa TFC28(7)
2003–2005Diósgyőri VTK6(0)
2004AC Oulu (loan)?(?)
2005–2006BFC Siófok24(12)
2006–2007Budapest Honvéd FC4(0)
2007–2009BFC Siófok44(7)
2009Kaposvölgye VSC (loan)6(0)
2009–2010Szigetszentmiklósi TK6(0)
2010–2011BKV Előre SC14(2)
2011Békéscsabai SE6(0)
2011Maglódi TC10(11)
National team
1996–1997Hungary U-154(2)
1998–1999Hungary U-174(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).

István Gajda (born 6 June 1981 in Budapest – 26 November 2011 in Pákozd[1]) was a Hungarian football player, his latest club was Békéscsaba 1912 Előre SE.

Death

On 26 November 2011 Gajda, his brother and a friend headed home after Udinese - Roma Italian Cup match, on the M7 motorway near Pákozd, when their car crashed into a truck. The player was asleep in the back seat without a seatbelt, was thrown out from the vehicle and died instantly.[2]

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