Andy Mate

Andy Mate
Personnel
Surname	András Máté Andrew Mate Andreas Maté
birthday	March 19, 1940
place of birth	Budapest ,  Hungary
date of death	May 13, 2012
Place of death	Hungary
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000-1956	Újpest Budapest
1956-1963	New York Hungaria
1963	Deportivo Cali
1964	New York Hungaria
1964-1965	Hamburger SV	6 0(2)
1966	New York Hungaria
1967	New York Generals	2 0(0)
1967	Philadelphia Spartans
1968-1970	New York Hungaria
1971	New York Cosmos	22 (16)
1975	New Jersey Americans	(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1964	United States	1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Andrew "Andy" Mate , known in Germany as Andreas Máté (born March 19, 1940 in Budapest , Hungary as András Máte ; † May 13, 2012 in Hungary), was an American football player of Hungarian origin.

In the course of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, Mate, a player at Újpest Budapest , fled his home country to the United States, where he joined New York Hungaria . In 1962 Mate won the German American Soccer League with the Hungarians and the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup , in the final of which he scored two of the three goals; In September 1962, the midfielder was part of an all-star team that played a total of eighteen games against club and national teams in the Middle East. In the first round of the 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup , Mate scored all five goals for New York Hungaria in two games against the Mexican club Oro de Jalisco . In 1963 he moved to the Colombian club Deportivo Cali , but returned to New York after a short time.

On May 27, 1964 Mate played his only international game for the national team of the United States : The game against England the team lost 0:10.

Since the summer of 1964, Mate was the first Hungarian in the Bundesliga and first foreign player in the Hanseatic League for Hamburger SV ; on September 12, 1964 he came against Borussia Neunkirchen for his first appearance in the top German division, a week later he scored his first goal against Meidericher SV . Almost seven months later, on April 10, 1965, he made his sixth and last appearance in the Bundesliga in the away game at Borussia Dortmund (a total of two goals); in September 1965, Mates' contract was terminated.

After returning to the United States, Mate rejoined the Hungarians before moving to the New York Generals in the National Professional Soccer League in 1967 , where he played two games; in the same year he was hired by league rivals Philadelphia Spartans . Between 1968 and 1970 the immigrant was reached for the fourth time with the Hungarians and was used in the German American Soccer League. In 1971 he was signed by the newly formed North American Soccer League club New York Cosmos , where he scored 16 goals in 22 games. In 1975 he is the single scorer of the New Jersey Americans in the American Soccer League .

Web links

• North American Soccer League Players: Andrew Mate ( English ) In: nasljerseys.com . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
• NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE: Andrew Mate ( French ) In: naslsoccer.blogspot.de . Retrieved April 2, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former US international Mate passes away ( Memento from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ The US Open Cup Final: 1914-2010 ( English ) In: thecup.us . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
3. ↑ The Year in American Soccer - 1962 ( English ) In: sover.net . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
4. ↑ Central American Club Competitions 1963 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
5. ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
6. ↑ From 48 nations! The HSV and its foreign ( German ) In: mopo.de . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
7. ^ Player at Hamburger SV: Andreas Maté ( German ) In: fussballdaten.de . Retrieved April 2, 2012.
8. ↑ All HSV Bundesliga players since 1963: Ma - Mc ( German ) In: hsvfan-oberpfalz.de . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2012.