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Zoltán Beke

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Zoltán Beke
Personal information
Date of birth (1911-07-30)30 July 1911
Place of birth Fehértemplom (Bela Crkva),
Austria-Hungary (now in Serbia)
Date of death 5 March 1994(1994-03-05) (aged 82)
Place of death Timișoara, Romania
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1925–1928 Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1930 Chinezul Timișoara
1930–1941 Ripensia Timișoara 89 (21)
1941–1943 CFR Turnu Severin[a] 0 (0)
1943–1944 Kolozsvári VSC 13 (7)
1946–1947 CFR Turnu Severin
Total 102 (28)
International career
1935–1937 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
1942–1943 CFR Turnu Severin
1946–1947 CFR Turnu Severin
1948–1965 Știința Timișoara (youth)
1965–1970 IRA Timișoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoltán Beke (Serbian: Zoltan Beke) (30 July 1911 – 5 March 1994) was a Romanian football player and coach of Hungarian ethnicity who played as a striker. He was a member of Romania's team which competed at the 1934 World Cup, but he did not play in any match.[2]

Club career

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Beke was born on 30 July 1911 in Fehértemplom, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia).[1][3] He grew up and started to play football in the Mehala neighborhood of Timișoara, Romania.[3][4] In 1925 he started playing junior level football at Chinezul Timișoara.[3] Three years later he started his senior career at Chinezul.[1][3]

In 1930, Beke went at Ripensia Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1932 in a 3–2 away loss to CFR București.[1] He won the title in his first season, coach Jenő Konrád using him in four games in which he scored once.[1][3][5] In the following season he helped the team reach the 1934 Cupa României final, playing in the first victory with Universitatea Cluj, winning the cup.[1][6] In the 1934–35 season he won another title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer giving him 14 appearances in which he scored three goals, also the team reached the Cupa României final where he played the whole match in the 6–5 loss to CFR București.[1][5][7][8][9] Next season, Beke helped Ripensia win The Double, being given 12 appearances in which he netted five goals by coaches Wetzer and Konrád, also he played in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final.[1][5][7][8][10] In the following Cupa României edition, the team reached another final but he did not play in the 5–1 loss to Rapid București.[11] In the 1937–38 season, Ripensia won another title but coach Sepp Pojar used him in only seven matches in which he netted one goal.[1][5][7] Afterwards he played in Ripensia's 3–0 win over AC Milan in the first leg from the first round of the 1938 Mitropa Cup, helping the team get past the Italians.[12] He made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–2 draw against Gloria Arad, having a total of 89 matches with 21 goals scored in the competition, all of them for Ripensia.[1][3]

In 1942, Beke went at CFR Turnu Severin where he was a player-coach, helping the club win the 1942–43 Cupa României but he did not play in the final.[1][3][13]

Afterwards he went to play for Kolozsvári VSC, making his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 22 August 1943 under coach Zoltán Opata in a 3–1 home win against Diósgyőr.[14][15] He made a total of 13 league appearances, netting seven goals, including a double in his last game played which was a 3–0 victory against BSZKRT.[14][16] Kolozsvári also reached the 1943–44 Magyar Kupa final but he did not play in the defeat to Ferencváros.[17]

Beke ended his career by playing in the 1946–47 Divizia B season for CFR Turnu Severin.[1]

International career

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Beke was selected by coaches Constantin Rădulescu and Josef Uridil to be part of Romania's squad that went at the 1934 World Cup in Italy but remained on the bench in the 2–1 defeat to eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia from the first round.[2]

He played six matches for the national team, making his debut on 25 August 1934 under coach Rădulescu in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 away loss to Germany.[18][19] He helped the team win the 1936 Balkan Cup, playing in two victories against Greece and Bulgaria.[18][20] His last appearance for The Tricolours was in a friendly which took place on 10 June 1937 and ended with a 2–1 home win over Belgium.[18]

Managerial career

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Beke's first coaching spell started in 1942 when he was a player-coach at CFR Turnu Severin, helping the club win the 1942–43 Cupa României after a 4–0 win against Sportul Studențesc București in the final.[1][3][13] Afterwards he trained the youth teams of Știința Timișoara.[3] For five years, between 1965 and 1970, he trained IRA Timișoara in the municipal championship.[3]

Death

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Beke died on 5 March 1994 in Timișoara, Romania at age 82.[3][18]

Honours

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Player

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Ripensia Timișoara

CFR Turnu Severin

Kolozsvári VSC

Romania

Manager

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CFR Turnu Severin

Notes

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  1. ^ The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances during this period for CFR Turnu Severin are not official.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Zoltán Beke at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "România la CM 1934. La un pas să ratăm Italia" [Romania at the 1934 World Cup. One step away from missing out on Italy] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Zoltan Beke, zece ani de istorie cu "Ripi" FOTO" [Zoltan Beke, ten years of history with "Ripi" PHOTO] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Cartierul din Timișoara unde s-a scris istoria fotbalului românesc. Mehala, sursă de sportivi de geniu" [The neighborhood in Timișoara where the history of Romanian football was written. Mehala, source of genius athletes] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1933-1934". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b "CFR Cluj, ca Rapidul pe vremea lui "Il Luce"! Un record vechi de 20 de ani a fost egalat! Performanţa imposibilă realizată de clujeni" [CFR Cluj, like Rapid in the time of "Il Luce"! A 20-year-old record has been matched! The impossible performance achieved by the people from Cluj] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1934-1935". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1935-1936". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1936-1937". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  12. ^ ""Strămoșii" lui Poli au demonstrat că se poate: Ripensia a eliminat pe AC Milan!" [Poli's "ancestors" proved that it is possible: Ripensia eliminated AC Milan!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    "Roș-galbenii, adversarii de seamă ai granzilor din Vest. Cum și-a câștigat Ripensia respectul în Europa" [The red-yellows, the main opponents of the giants from the West. How Ripensia gained respect in Europe] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    "Când Ripensia era peste AC Milan" [When Ripensia was over AC Milan] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    "Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Cupa Mitropa, 26 iunie 1938)" [Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Mitropa Cup, June 26, 1938)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d "Romanian Cup - 1942-1943". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Zoltán Beke profile" (in Hungarian). Nela.hu. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Kolozsvári VSC 3-1 Diósgyőr" (in Hungarian). Nela.hu. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Kolozsvári VSC 3-0 BSZKRT" (in Hungarian). Nela.hu. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Ferencváros FC - Kolozsvári AC 2 : 2" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
    "Ferencváros FC - Kolozsvári AC 3 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Zoltan Beke". EU Football.info. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Germany 4-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  20. ^ a b "Balkan Cup 1936". European Football. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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