Ferenc Bene

The native form of this personal name is Bene Ferenc. This article uses the Western name order.
Ferenc Bene
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-12-17)17 December 1944
Place of birth Balatonújlak, Hungary
Date of death 27 February 2006(2006-02-27) (aged 61)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1978 Újpesti Dózsa 417 (303)
National team
1962–1979 Hungary 76 (36)
Teams managed
1992–1993 Újpest FC

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Olympic medal record
Men's Football
1964 Tokyo Football

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:

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hungary League Hungarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1961-62Újpesti DózsaNational Championship I226
1962-632623
1963136
19642620
19652520
19662624
19673022
19682622
19692927
197000
1970-714434
1971-723029
1972-733023
1973-742914
1974-752820
1975-76187
1976-77124
1977-7832
Total Hungary 417303
Career total 417303
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