Ferenc Fülöp

Who is Ferenc Fülöp?

Ferenc Fülöp is a Hungarian football administrator with MTK Hungária FC.

Between 1977 - 1986 he was a footballer of the MTK Hungária FC, then was contracted by the Belgian Olympic Charleroi where he spent 3 years. Fülöp was an unused member of the Hungary 1978 World Cup squad in Argentina.

Ferenc Fülöp played a role in the 1981 film Escape to Victory as a centre forward for the Nazi team in a match against a PoW team.

In 1993 he returned to Hungary, and he acted as the technical manager of the Hungarian national football team. From 1995 to 2006 he was the technical director of his former club, the MTK. In 2000 he was chosen by the Hungarian sportreporters the manager of the year. Beginning from March 2006 he is working at the Stars & Friends agency, intermediating international contracts for the Hungarian football players.

His son, Márton Fülöp is also a footballer.