Máté Fenyvesi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Máté Fenyvesi

Hungarian footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1933

Place of Birth: Jánoshalma, Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary

Profession: politician, veterinarian, association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Máté Fenyvesi (born 20 September 1933 in Jánoshalma) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Kecskeméti Kinizsi for two years, and from 1953 to 1969 for Ferencvárosi TC.
He earned 76 caps and scored 8 goals for the Hungary national football team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
He also scored the winning goal in the final of the 1964-65 edition of the Inter-Cities Fair Cup, winning the game for Ferencvaros against Juventus 1-0.
Following his retirement, he worked as a veterinarian, having earned an M.D.
degree still while playing.
Following the democratic changes in Hungary at the turn of 89/90, he became actively involved in politics and served as a Member of Parliament from 1990 to 2002, representing the Smallholders' Party