Ferenc Bene (17 December 1944 – 27 February 2006) was a Hungarian football (soccer) player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament (12 goals in 5 matches).
Bene was born in Balatonújlak. He played his first international match against Yugoslavia on 14 October 1962, and his last against Czechoslovakia on 12 September 1979. He obtained 76 caps and scored 36 goals. He was bronze medallist at the European Championship of 1964, and a quarter-finalist at the World Cup of 1966 (at the latter event he was the top scorer of the Hungarian national team). Bene was named Footballer of the Year in 1969. He died in Budapest, after a lengthy treatment following a fall at the end of 2005. His son Ferenc Bene jr. is also a former player, currently working as a coach
He played for the following teams:
- Újpesti Dózsa (1961–1978)
- Volán FC (1978–79, 1983–84)
- Sepsi-78, Finland (1981–82)
- Soroksári VOSE (1984)
- Kecskeméti SC (1985)
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UEFA European Football Championship top scorers
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- 1960: Galić / Heutte / Ivanov / Jerković / Metreveli / Ponedelnik
- 1964: Bene / Novák / Pereda
- 1968: Džajić
- 1972: G. Müller
- 1976: D. Müller
- 1980: Allofs
- 1984: Platini
- 1988: Van Basten
- 1992: Bergkamp / Brolin / Larsen / Riedle
- 1996: Shearer
- 2000: Kluivert / Milošević
- 2004: Baroš
- 2008: Villa
- 2012: Balotelli / Dzagoev / Gómez / Mandžukić / C. Ronaldo / Torres†
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†: Golden boot award winner (when goals scored are tied)
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NB I top scorers
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- 1964: Tichy
- 1965: Albert
- 1966: Farkas
- 1967: Antal Dunai
- 1968: Dunai
- 1969: Bene
- 1970: Dunai
- 1971: Kozma
- 1972: Bene
- 1973: Bene
- 1974: Kozma
- 1975: Kozma/Bene
- 1976: Fazekas
- 1977: Váradi
- 1978: Fazekas
- 1979: Fekete
- 1980: Fazekas
- 1981: Nyilasi
- 1982: Hannich
- 1983: Dobány
- 1984: Szabó
- 1985: Détári/Kiprich
- 1986: Détári
- 1987: Détári
- 1988: Melis
- 1989: Petres
- 1990: Dzurják
- 1991: Gregor
- 1992: Fischer/Orosz
- 1993: Répási
- 1994: Illés
- 1995: Preisinger
- 1996: Nichenko
- 1997: Illés
- 1998: Tiber
- 1999: Illés
- 2000: Tököli
- 2001: Kabát
- 2002: Tököli
- 2003: Kenesei
- 2004: Tóth
- 2005: Medveď
- 2006: Rajczi
- 2007: Bajzát
- 2008: Waltner
- 2009: Bajzát
- 2010: Nikolić
- 2011: Alves
- 2012: Coulibaly
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Summer Olympics football tournament top scorers
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- 1904: Hall / T. Taylor
- 1908: S. Nielsen
- 1912: Fuchs
- 1920: Carlsson
- 1924: Petrone
- 1928: Tarasconi
- 1936: Frossi
- 1948: Hansen / Nordahl
- 1952: Mitić / Zebec
- 1956: Veselinović / Milanov / N. D'Souza
- 1960: H. Nielsen
- 1964: Bene
- 1968: Kamamoto
- 1972: Deyna
- 1976: Szarmach
- 1980: Andreyev
- 1984: Cvetković / Deverić / Xuereb
- 1988: Romário
- 1992: Juskowiak
- 1996: Crespo / Bebeto
- 2000: Zamorano
- 2004: Tévez
- 2008: G. Rossi
- 2012: Leandro Damião
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UEFA Euro 1964 Team of the Tournament
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| Goalkeeper |
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| Defenders |
- Feliciano Rivilla
- Dezső Novák
- Ferran Olivella
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| Midfielders |
- Ignacio Zoco
- Amancio Amaro
- Valentin Ivanov
- Jesús Pereda
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| Forwards |
- Ferenc Bene
- Flórián Albert
- Luis Suárez
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Hungary squad – 1964 European Nations' Cup Third Place
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- Szentmihályi
- Ihász
- Mátrai
- Mészöly
- Novák
- Sárosi
- Nagy
- Rákosi
- Sipos
- Solymosi
- Albert
- Bene
- Farkas
- Fenyvesi
- Komora
- Tichy
- Varga
- Baróti
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Hungary squad – 1964 Summer Olympics Gold Medalists
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- Szentmihályi
- Csernai
- Novák
- Káposzta
- Orbán
- Ihász
- Szepesi
- Palotai
- I. Nagy
- G. Nagy
- Komora
- Varga
- Bene
- Dunai
- Farkas
- Katona
- Orosz
- Nógrádi
- Gelei
- Lakat
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Hungary squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup
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- Szentmihályi
- Káposzta
- Mátrai
- Sóvári
- Mészöly
- Sipos
- Bene
- Varga
- Albert
- Farkas
- Rákosi
- Fenyvesi
- Mathesz
- I. Nagy
- Molnár
- Tichy
- Szepesi
- Ihász
- Puskás
- A. Nagy
- Gelei
- Géczi
- Baróti
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Hungary squad – UEFA Euro 1972 Fourth Place
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- Géczi
- Rapp
- Bálint
- Fábián
- Péter Juhász
- Páncsics
- Albert
- István Juhász
- Kocsis
- Kovács
- Kozma
- Kű
- Szőke
- Bene
- Dunai II
- Szűcs
- Zámbó
- Illovszky
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Újpest FC – managers
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- Weisz (1920–22)
- Holits (1922–24)
- Hlavay (1924–25)
- Holits (1925–26)
- Pozsonyi (1926–28)
- Bányai (1928–32)
- Tóth (1932–34)
- Jánossy (1934–37)
- Sternberg (1937–38)
- Guttmann (1938–39)
- Mészáros (1939–40)
- Takács (1940–43)
- Lutz (1943)
- Kertész (1943–44)
- Takács (1945)
- Jávor (1945–47)
- Guttmann (1947)
- Vincze (1947–48)
- Sós (1948)
- I. Balogh (1948–49)
- Ember (1949–50)
- Kemény (1949–50)
- Opata (1950–51)
- Jávor (1951–54)
- Kolozsvári (1954)
- Bukovi (1955–56)
- S. Balogh (1957–58)
- I. Balogh (1958–59)
- Szűcs (1959–60)
- Fenyvesi (1960–61)
- Kalocsay (1961–62)
- Szűcs (1962–63)
- Szusza (1963–65)
- S. Balogh (1965–66)
- Baróti (1967–71)
- Kovács I. (1971–73)
- Szűcs (1973)
- Pál Várhidi (1974–80)
- Szusza (1980–81)
- Temesvári (1981–85)
- Göröcs (1985–88)
- Varga (1988–90)
- Kovács (1990–92)
- Bene (1992–93)
- Garami (1993–96)
- Nagy (1996–97)
- Péter Várhidi (1997–99)
- Glázer (1999)
- Péter Várhidi (2000)
- Kisteleki (2000–01)
- Glázer (2002)
- Molnár (2002)
- Szabó (2002–03)
- Sarlós (2003)
- Mezey (2003)
- Mészöly (2004–06)
- Bicskei (2006)
- Billen (2006)
- Urbányi (2006–08)
- Szentes (2008–09)
- McStay (2009–10)
- Mészöly (2010–11)
- Spisljak (2011–12)
- Daerden (2012–)
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Bene, Ferenc |
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| Short description |
footballer |
| Date of birth |
17 December 1944 |
| Place of birth |
Balatonújlak, Hungary |
| Date of death |
27 February 2006 |
| Place of death |
Budapest, Hungary |
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