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József Pecsovszky or Iosif Petschovschi (also known as József Perényi; 2 July 1921 – 6 October 1968), was a Romanian football player.[2] His nickname was Peci. He could play in any position on the pitch, he was even goalkeeper once.

József Pecsovszky

Pecsovszky (left) with son after a match in 1961
Personal information
Full name	József Pecsovszky / Iosif Petschovschi
Date of birth	(1921-07-02)2 July 1921
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania
Date of death	6 October 1968(1968-10-06) (aged 47)
Place of death	Arad, Romania
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1940	Chinezul Timișoara	67	(27)
1940	CAM Timișoara	12	(10)
1940–1941	Chinezul Timișoara	34	(19)
1941–1944	Nagyváradi AC	66	(26)
1944–1945	CA Cluj	29	(13)
1946–1951	ITA Arad	104	(34)
1952–1954	CCA București	50	(19)
1955–1961	UTA Arad	133	(35)
Total		495	(181)
National team
1942–1943[1]	Hungary	7	(1)
1945–1958[1]	Romania	32	(11)
Teams managed
1962–1963	UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Petschovschi played 273 games in Divizia A, scoring a massive 86 goals. For Romania he won 32 caps, scoring 11 goals.

Petschovschi made his debut in Divizia A at the age of 16, as player of Chinezul Timișoara.

Petschovschi played in the Hungarian Football Championship between 1941 and 1944 under the name of József Perényi, winning the Hungarian title with Nagyváradi AC, and played three times for the Hungarian national team.

His fame was such that in 1946 a Hungarian footballer tried, and even did so for a short while, to steal Petschovschi's identity, when he recommended himself as the real Petschovschi in order to sign a contract with RC Strasbourg of France.

Petschovski was suspended in October 1947 for a period of three months because before an international game between Romania and Poland he bet on the Polish team.

In 1952 he became the first footballer to receive the title of Master of Sport. He was also the first Romanian footballer to be called to play for a World Team alongside the biggest names of football.

In 1952 he moved to Steaua București for three years, before returning to Arad to play for UT Arad until 1961 when he retired from professional football. In 1961 he briefly crossed with his son Jóska, who also played for Arad.[3]

Petschovschi coached UT Arad during the 1962–63 season.

He died of cancer at his home in Arad at the age of 47 on 6 October 1968.

His former club, UT Arad raised him a statue, which can be found at the main entrance of the UTA Stadium.

Honours

Club

Nagyváradi AC

• Hungarian Championship League: 1943–44

UTA Arad

• Romanian Championship League: 1946–47, 1947–48, 1950
• Romanian Cup: 1948

CCA București

• Romanian Championship League: 1952, 1953
• Romanian Cup: 1952

References

Sources

• Oroszhegyi Károly: Pecsovszky – das blonde Wunder, Neue Banater Zeitung, 1978.
• Oroszhegyi Károly: Csala, a Szőke Csoda, Jelenkor kiadó, 2000.

External links

• József Pecsovszky at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• József Pecsovszky at National-Football-Teams.com
• National team stats at RSSSF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Victor Moldovan	Steaua Top Scorer 1954	Succeeded by Nicolae Tătaru

На других языках

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- [en] József Pecsovszky

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[es] József Pecsovszky

József Pecsovszky o Iosif Petschovsky[1] (2 de julio de 1921 — 6 de octubre de 1968, Timișoara) fue un futbolista internacional rumano de origen húngaro que poseía la doble nacionalidad. Jugó como centrocampista ofensivo y desarrolló la mayor parte de su carrera deportiva en diversos clubes de Rumania, principalmente el UTA Arad y el Steaua Bucureşti. Entre 1941 y 1944, al pertenecer Transilvania a Hungría, el futbolista jugó en el campeonato húngaro bajo el nombre de József Perényi. De hecho fue internacional tanto por Hungría como por Rumania.

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[fr] Iosif Petschovschi

Iosif Petschovschi en roumain ou József Pecsovszky (ou József Perényi) en hongrois, né le 2 juillet 1921 à Timișoara en Roumanie et décédé le 6 octobre 1968 à Arad en Roumanie, était un joueur et entraîneur de football roumain et hongrois, qui évoluait au poste de milieu offensif.

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[it] Iosif Petschovschi

Iosif Petschovschi, noto anche con il suo nome in ungherese Jószef Perényi o come József Pecsovszky (Timișoara, 2 luglio 1921 – 6 ottobre 1968), è stato un calciatore rumeno, fino al 1943 ungherese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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