József Kiprich
Personal information | |||
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Full name | József Kiprich | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Tatabánya, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Tatabányai Bányász | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1989 |
Tatabányai Bányász | 180 | (75) |
1989–1995 | Feyenoord | 128 | (53) |
1995–1997 |
APOEL | 40 | (29) |
1998 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | (5) |
1998–2001 |
Lombard FC Tatabánya | 60 | (28) |
Total | 422 | (190) | |
International career‡ | |||
1984–1995 | Hungary | 70 | (28) |
Managerial career | |||
1999–2001 |
FC Tatabánya | ||
2001 | Vasas SC | ||
2002–2003 | Kecskeméti TE | ||
2003 |
Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
2003 |
Győri ETO | ||
2004 |
Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
2004 | Diósgyőri VTK | ||
2007–2008 |
Lombard-Pápa TFC | ||
2008–2011 |
Gyirmót SE | ||
2011–2012 |
FC Tatabánya | ||
2012–2013 | Kazincbarcikai SC | ||
2014 | Környe SE | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2006 |
József Kiprich (born 6 September 1963) is a Hungarian
Playing career
József Kiprich started his professional career at the age of 17 in the 1980/81 season at
He had just played his first match in his 10th season at Tatabánya when
Despite the team's performances, Kiprich was loved and adored by the fans for his working rate, his occasional technical skills (while not being a technical footballer), his goalscoring abilities and his humour in the press. Soon he became one of the heroes of the team together with
Things went better in the 1990/91 season. Feyenoord was still struggling and was only able to finish in eighth position that season. Managers Pim Verbeek and Gunder Bengtsson were replaced by Wim Jansen and Feyenoord reached the KNVB Cup final, where BVV Den Bosch was beaten 1–0. Kiprich won his first trophy.
In 1991/92 Feyenoord finally was back among
After the worst period in Feyenoord's history the club was becoming stronger every year, with József Kiprich as one of their key players. In 1992/93 Feyenoord did not win the KNVB Cup, but did perform well again in the
Feyenoord was able to catch up in the
1994/95 was Kiprich's last season at Feyenoord. In this season he played one of his most memorable matches at Feyenoord although he only came in as a substitute late in the match. The team played PSV and were trailing 1-2 when Feyenoord was awarded a penalty. Kiprich who did not even do a warm-up came on the pitch and stepped up to take the penalty and scored the equaliser. He later managed to score the winning goal as well to finish the match in 3–2. Feyenoord finished fourth in the league that season, but managed to win another KNVB Cup. Feyenoord beat FC Volendam 2–1 in the final, which was Kiprich's last match at the club. After the celebrations and the cup was awarded the players took Kiprich on their shoulders and walked him all around the stadium under loud applauds. Kiprich came back to Feyenoord opening day at the start of the next season and the fans were begging him to return with chants, but he told them his skills were no longer good enough to play for Feyenoord.
Kiprich left for
He was not used in APOEL's 1997/98 campaign and he left Cyprus to go to Eerste Divisie side FC Den Bosch in the Netherlands where he played the last couple of matches of the season and scored 5 times in 9 games.
He then moved back to Hungary to play at his former team in Tatabánya that now was named Lombard FC Tatabánya. They were playing in the Raab-Karcher NB2, the second level of Hungarian football and won promotion to the highest level. Kiprich was appointed as the team's player manager and played another 36 matches in two seasons where he scored 11 goals.
Manager career
While still a player at Lombard FC Tatabánya Kiprich was appointed as a player/manager in July 1999. In his first season, he finished on the fourth position of the Raab-Karcher NB1. The following season a new format was introduced, called the Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság. The competition was split in two groups and Kiprich finished with his team in the first position in his group, claiming six bonus points into the second stage of the Championship. Things went worse and Tatabánya was falling down in the rankings and Kiprich was sacked in March 2001. A few months later in July 2001 he was appointed as the manager of Vasas SC, where he was not able to lift the team to high performances and only won 15 points out of 22 matches and was fired in December 2001 as a result. In April 2002 he was appointed as the manager of second league club Kecskeméti FC which he successfully helped avoiding from relegation to the third level of Hungarian football.
In July 2003 Kiprich moved to
During 2005, Kiprich went back to his old love Feyenoord to become a scout for them in combination with a new job as the under-19 coach at Újpest FC.
Statistics
Season | Club | Competition | Apps | Goals |
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1980/81 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
2 | 0 |
1981/82 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
19 | 2 |
1982/83 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
17 | 0 |
1983/84 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
24 | 8 |
1984/85 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
26 | 18 |
1985/86 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
27 | 13 |
1986/87 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
18 | 10 |
1987/88 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
24 | 14 |
1988/89 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
22 | 10 |
1989/90 | Tatabányai Bányász |
Nemzeti Bajnokság 1 |
1 | 0 |
1989/90 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 23 | 5 |
1990/91 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 25 | 7 |
1991/92 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 23 | 9 |
1992/93 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 25 | 18 |
1993/94 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 10 | 3 |
1994/95 | Feyenoord | Eredivisie | 22 | 11 |
1995/96 | APOEL FC | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 25 |
1996/97 | APOEL FC | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 4 |
1997/98 | APOEL FC | Cypriot First Division | 0 | 0 |
1997/98 | FC Den Bosch | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 5 |
1998/99 | Lombard FC Tatabánya |
Raab-Karcher NB2 |
24 | 17 |
1999/00 | Lombard FC Tatabánya |
Raab-Karcher NB1 |
24 | 5 |
2000/01 | Lombard FC Tatabánya |
Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság |
12 | 6 |
Total | 422 | 196 |
Honours
- Top goalscorer of the Tatabányai Bányászin 1985
- Dutch Eredivisie winner at Feyenoord in 1993
- Dutch KNVB Cup winner at Feyenoord in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995
- Johan Cruijff-schaal at Feyenoordin 1991
- APOELin 1996
- APOELin 1996
- APOELin 1996
- Top goalscorer of the APOELin 1996
- APOELin 1997
- A Hat-trick trophy is named after him: József Kiprich Trophy
Personal life
On his 60th birthday he received a gift from Viktor Orbán and he was celebrated at the newly built Tatabánya sports hall.[3]
In 2022, he suffered a femoral hip fracture that made him use a wheelchair.[4] However, he soon recovered and could start working again.[5]
References
- ^ "József Kiprich". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Hungary - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ^ Munkatársunktól (12 September 2023). "Születésnap: a 60 éves Kiprich Józsefet köszöntötték". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Gy, V. (3 December 2022). "Válogatott: törés után kórházban gyógyul Kiprich József". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "A tolószékből már felálltam, és újra van munkám – Kiprich József". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.