Márton Esterházy
Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a descendant of the Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother Péter Esterházy, he became a published author himself as well.
Also recorded as Marton Esterhazy · Count Marton Esterhazy
Márton Esterházy
- Born
- 1956 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- association football player · association football coach · composer · writer
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Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a descendant of the Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother Péter Esterházy, he became a published author himself as well.
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Márton Esterházy (born 1956) is a Hungarian association football coach, association football player and composer, among other activities. The association football coach was born in Budapest.
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Club career
Club career
He is also the head of the Hungarian Futsal Committee, and in February 2007 became a UEFA controller.
Esterházy played for Budafoki LC, Ferencváros and in 1979 he moved to Honvéd, where he was established as one of their key players. On 12 December 1984 he was transferred to the Greek side, AEK Athens for a fee of 22.95 million drachmas. At AEK it did not take long for him to impress, alongside Thomas Mavros and Hokan Sandberg they composed a "magical" triplet in the mid-80s. One of highlights of his career was against Real Madrid on 18 September 1985 for the UEFA Cup. After the shot of Pavlos Papaioannou he went in the course of the ball, jumping over the it and confusing José Manuel Ochotorena, as a result of which it ended up in his net and AEK won the match. In 1986 as his performance declined and AEK did not proceed in renewing his contract. On 3 December Esterházy joined city rivals, Panathinaikos. He played for the greens for 1.5 years, but without much success. He then moved to Austria to play for Casino Salzburg. In 1989 he traveled to Switzerland for CS Chênois and then for FC Bulle. He ended his career in 1994 at Weissenbach.
International career
International career
He scored 11 goals for the Hungary national team, and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Esterházy scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against Canada.
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Honours
Honvéd Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1983–84, 1984–85 Magyar Kupa: 1984–85
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- 1.Esterházy új szerepben in Hungarian
- 2.ΑΕΚ: Η "κλοπή" του Εστερχάζι από την Μπαρτσελόνα και η ονειρική τριπλέτα με Μαύρο και Σάντμπεργκ. bankingnews.gr.
- 3.AEK - REAL MADRID 1-0 (1985) UEFA Cup. 12 October 2009.
- 4.Γιώργος Πάστρας. Βόμβα ΑΕΚ. Athletic Echo. 1, 6. 28 November 1986.
- 5.Β. Αλυσανδράτος. Ο Εστερχάζι στον Παναθηναϊκό. Athletic Echo. 1. 4 December 1986.
- 6.Μάρτον Εστερχάζι. aekpedia.com.
- 7.Mamrud, Roberto. Hungary - Record International Players. RSSSF.
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