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Hungarian–Romanian footballer

Mátyás Tóth
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-04-01)1 April 1918
Place of birth Békés, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 12 February 2002(2002-02-12) (aged 83)
Place of death Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1941 Újpest 65 (21)
1938–1939 → Phöbus (loan) 24 (9)
1941–1944 Nagyváradi AC 89 (38)
1944 Nemzeti Vasas 9 (6)
1945–1946 Carmen București
1946–1947 ITA Arad 24 (13)
1947–1949 Vasas 44 (9)
Total 255 (96)
International career
1939–1948 Hungary 16 (6)
1946 Romania 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019

Mátyás Tóth (also known as Mátyás Tóth III; 1 April 1918 – 12 February 2002) was a Hungarian–Romanian footballer who played as a forward for teams such as Újpest, Nagyváradi AC, ITA Arad or Vasas, among others.

Club career

Mátyás Tóth was born on 1 April 1918 in Békés, Austria-Hungary, starting to play football in 1936 at Újpest in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. After a short period between 1938 and 1939 when he played for Phöbus, Tóth returned to Újpest where he stayed until 1941. Afterwards he went at Nagyváradi AC with whom he won the 1943–44 title in which he contributed with 14 goals scored in 30 matches.

Shortly after winning the title he went at Nemzeti Vasas, then in 1945 he played for a short while for Romanian side, Carmen București before going to ITA Arad with whom he won the 1946–47 Divizia A championship, scoring 13 goals in 24 games. He returned to Vasas in 1947 where he ended his career two years later, having a total of 231 appearances with 83 goals scored in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

International career

Mátyás Tóth played at international level in 16 matches for Hungary, scoring six times, his debut taking place on 22 October 1939 under the guidance of coach Dénes Ginzery in a friendly with Romania which ended 1–1 in which he scored his side's goal.

In 1946 he played two games for Romania at the Balkan Cup, even do he did not have Romanian citizenship, managing to score a goal in his first match when he was used all the minutes by coach Virgil Economu in a 2–2 with Bulgaria.

Afterwards he returned to play again for Hungary, his first game being a 3–0 away victory against Romania at the 1947 Balkan Cup. Tóth's last five games for The Magyars were at the 1948 Balkan Cup in which he scored once in a 6–2 over Poland and in his last game he captained the team in a 1–0 away loss in front of Bulgaria. He was also part of Hungary's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

International goals

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tóth goal.
List of international goals scored by Mátyás Tóth for Hungary
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 October 1939 Stadionul ANEF, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–0 1–1 Friendly match
2 12 November 1939 Stadion Beogradski S.K., Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia 2–0 2–0 Friendly match
3 1 November 1942 Üllői úti Stadion, Budapest, Hungary   Switzerland 3–0 3–0 Friendly match
4 15 September 1943 Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 3–0 Friendly match
5 3–0
6 15 September 1948 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 5–2 6–2 1948 Balkan Cup
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tóth goal.
List of international goals scored by Mátyás Tóth for Romania
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 1946 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Bulgaria 2–2 2–2 1946 Balkan Cup

Later life and death

In 1949 after communism took over Hungary, Mátyás Tóth left the country and fled to Italy. The Hungarian Football Federation suspended him for life, thus ending his career at age 31 even do he had offers to play for A.S. Roma and Lazio Roma. Being a fugitive, he was placed to live in a camp in which his health was negatively affected by the improper living conditions. In order to get out of this situation, Tóth decided to ask the Crown prince of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf for help, whom he met in September 1943 before a Hungary away game against Sweden when he knew that the prince was going to come and shake the players hands before the game, thus making an effort to learn some phrases in the Swedish language in order to be able to talk to him. He wrote a letter to him in which he explained his situation, also stating that he was protestant even do he was actually catholic and attached a picture of himself. Three weeks later the prince send him money and an airplane ticket to go to Sweden.

Mátyás Tóth remained in Sweden until the end of his life. He coached a few modest teams and organized the Swedish prison championship. He died on 12 February 2002 at the age of 83 in Halmstad.

Honours

Nagyváradi AC

ITA Arad

References

  1. "Mátyás Tóth". Mla.hu. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Mátyás Tóth at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ "Mátyás Tóth" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Mátyás Tóth". Mla.hu. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ^ "A jucat în naționalele Ungariei și României, a ajuns în lagăr, apoi a fost salvat de regele Suediei! "După trei săptămâni, au sosit banii și biletul de avion"" [He played in the national teams of Hungary and Romania, ended up in the camp, then was saved by the king of Sweden! "After three weeks, the money and the plane ticket arrived"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  6. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Mátyás Tóth". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. "Romania 1-1 Hungary". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  9. "Romania 2-2 Bulgaria". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  10. Mátyás Tóth at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. "Mátyás Tóth". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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