László Fazekas was an Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 player who played the second most international games for the Hungarian national team. Fazekas played in the 1978 and the 1982 World Cup. In the latter tournament, he scored two long shots in the 10-1 win over El Salvador

El Salvador

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 at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

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 stadium. He also competed for Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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Fazekas started to play football in the youth team of Újpesti Dózsa

Újpest FC

Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

 in 1958, and played his first game in the Hungarian League

Hungarian League

The Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...

 in 1965. He joined Belgian Royal Antwerp in 1980 at the age of 33, where he also became a favourite with the fans.

After his football carrier he became a notable coach in Belgium leading Eendracht Aalst

V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002

SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club based in Aalst, East Flanders.It changed its name in 2002 after former Belgian First Division club K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst had gone into liquidation. So they could not get the license and the new team began at the third division level...

 (1986–88 and 1990–91) and Royal Antwerp (1995–96).

László Fazekas also took part in the 2004 International King of Sports and still holds the World Record of 2.40m in Association Bobbage.

Club

  Újpest FC

• Hungarian League
  Hungarian League
  The Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...
  
   (9): 1969, 1970 Spring, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79
• Hungarian Cup (3): 1969, 1970, 1975
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
  
  : Runner-up 1969

Individual

Hungarian Top Goalscorer (3): 1975-76, 1977–78, 1979–80

• European Silver Boot: 1979-80