Ján Polgár

Ján Polgár (31 May 1929 – July 2023) was a Slovak professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ján Polgár

Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-05-31)31 May 1929
Place of birth	Chop, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	July 2023(2023-07-00) (aged 94)
Place of death	Košice, Slovakia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1952	Dynamo ČSD Košice		(36)
1953–1954	Křídla vlasti Olomouc		(6)
1956	Spartak Košice VSS		(4)
1957–1958	Tatran Prešov		(2)
1958–1959	Lokomotíva Košice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Polgár was born in the village of Chop, but grew up in Košice, where his family moved when he was only a few months old.^[1]

Over the course of his career, from 1948 to 1959, Polgár played over 300 professional games with various clubs, mainly in Košice but also played in Olomouc and Prešov and scored 48 goals.^[2]

Following the end of his active football career, Polgár worked as a youth coach for over 40 years.^[3]

Polgár was the first professional Slovak football player who celebrated his 90th birthday. He died in Košice in July 2023, at the age of 94.^[4]

References

1. "Jubilant Ján Polgár s gólovým balíkom radosti". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
2. "Ján Polgár medzi nestormi nášho futbalu | Články | Východoslovenský futbalový zväz | jedenastka - východoslovenské futbalové noviny". www.futbalvsfz.sk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
3. "ŠPORT: Desaťročia verný rodným Košiciam – Vladimír Mezencev - Internetové noviny SLOVENSKÝ ROZHĽAD". www.slovenskyrozhlad.sk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
4. Mezencev, Vladimír. "Zomrela futbalová legenda z Košíc. Ján Polgár zasvätil kariéru východnému Slovensku". kosice.korzar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 July 2023.