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Dezső Bundzsák

Hungarian footballer (1928–2010)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ839567 ↗
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Dezső Bundzsák (3 May 1928 – 1 October 2010) was a Hungarian football coach and player who played for the national team. Bundzsák played as a striker or midfielder at both professional and international levels, before becoming a coach who worked throughout Europe and Africa.

Playing career

Born in Kiskunhalas, Bundzsák began his professional career in 1950 with Vasas SC. Bundzsák spent 14 seasons with the club, scoring 73 goals in 249 games. He represented Vasas at the 1957–58 European Cup.

He also represented Hungary at international level, earning 25 caps between 1956 and 1961. He also played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Bundzsák coached a number of club sides in Greece, such as Pierikos, Panionios, Apollon Athens, Panachaiki and Hungary, including former club Vasas SC. He also managed the Egypt national team in 1979.

Death

Bundzsák died on 1 October 2010, aged 82.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dezső Bundzsák” as hungarian footballer (1928–2010). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 2010, 1950, 1957—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928-05-03. The account is most persuasive where Dezső, Bundzsák and Hungarian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as hungarian footballer (1928–2010). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q839567. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928, 2010, 1950 and 1957.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dezső Bundzsák” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.