Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 July 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Kecskemét, Hungary | ||
Date of death | 19 September 2016 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Woodville South, South Australia, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Orange-Sturt | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1963 | Adelaide Budapest | ||
1963–1964 | Adelaide Croatia | ||
1964–1975 | Adelaide Juventus | ||
Adelaide Polonia | |||
Port Adelaide | |||
Croydon Park | |||
International career | |||
1965 | Australia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stephen Herczeg (24 July 1944 – 19 September 2016) was a footballer who played as a winger and represented the Australia national soccer team in 1965. Born in Hungary, he went to Australia as a child refugee and grew up in Adelaide, where he played for a number of local clubs, including Adelaide Juventus, who paid an Australian record transfer fee for him. He was the first player from South Australia to represent the national team.