Joseph Ujlaki

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Joseph Ujlaki (actually József Újlaki ; born August 10, 1929 in Budapest / Hungary , † February 13, 2006 in Sète ) was a French football player of Hungarian origin.

Club career

József Újlaki, who initially played for the Kőbányai TC and from 1945 for the Ganz TE in his home country, was persuaded to sign with the Stade Français Paris on the sidelines of a game of the Hungarian junior national team in Vienna , where he started in the highest French league under coach Helenio from 1947 Herrera played as a professional alongside Larbi Ben Barek , Alfred Aston and his compatriot István Nyers . After just one year in the capital, the right-winger moved to the Mediterranean for FC Sète . Because the ambitious Újlaki had to play against relegation with this club in both years, he laced his boots at the neighboring Olympique Nîmes from 1950 . He felt that he was in better hands here: Nîmes was one of the best addresses in French football in the 1950s , always reached a place in the top third of the table with Újlaki and the young Hungarian also found happiness privately; he was naturalized through his marriage to a French woman and promptly became a national player at the end of 1952.

The gifted, at the same time dangerous dribbler is described as a stubborn and unreliable person inside and outside the playing field; but his style of play tore the audience away on good days (and on not so good his coaches it cost many a gray hair). In 1953 he followed the call of the OGC Nice and finally won titles there (1954 the French Cup , two years later the championship ). In 1954 (5th place) and 1956 (11th) he was also high on the list of goalscorers.

In 1958 he returned to Paris and played for the Racing Club for six years , was twice runner-up and twice third, in 1961 was even the third-best league scorer - but he could no longer win titles. After 17 years of excellence, "Monsieur Joseph" (his nickname) went to FC Metz in 1964 , a year later to AS Aix in Division 2 and ended his career in 1966, almost 37 years old.

Joseph Ujlaki then worked for a company in the furniture industry for a long time.

Stations

  • Kőbányai TC and (from 1945) Ganz TE (as a youth)
  • Stade Français Paris (1947/48)
  • FC Sète (1948–1950)
  • Olympique Nîmes (1950–1953)
  • OGC Nice (1953-1958)
  • Racing Club Paris (1958–1964)
  • FC Metz (1964/65, in D 2)
  • AS Aix-en-Provence (1965/66, in D 2)

National player

Between October 1952 and October 1960, Joseph Ujlaki played a total of 21 international matches for the Équipe Tricolore (6 appearances in his time at Nîmes, 11 at Nice, 4 at RC Paris) and scored 10 goals. He was also used in an unofficial international match, the Watersnoodwedstrijd against Dutch professional footballers on March 12, 1953. On his debut (3-1 against Germany ), Raymond Kopa also wore the blue jersey for the first time - which he rarely got along with because it was clearly not easy for him to recognize the leadership role of this ingenious playmaker. That cost him, who had to stay at home in 1954 , to participate in the 1958 World Cup , when coach Batteux Kopa nominated for the French World Cup squad after a long absence from the national team and left Ujlaki at home.

Palmarès

Remarks

  1. ^ Dénes Tamás / Peterdi Pál / Rochy Zoltán / Selmeci József: Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. Budapest 1999, p. 173 - in contrast to this source, several French-language sources name Újpest Dózsa as Ujlaki's last Hungarian club.

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personal data
SURNAME Ujlaki, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Újlaki, József
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2006
Place of death Sète