Péter Schumann
 Schumann playing for Dózsa Újpest | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 April 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 5 April 2024 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Újpest, Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1966 | Vasas Izzó | ||
| 1966–1975 |
Dózsa Újpest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 |
Dózsa Újpest | 72 | (8) |
| 1975–1976 | → Pécs (loan) | ||
| 1980–1981 | Váci Izzó | ||
| 1981–1982 |
Tatabányai Bányász | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Péter Schumann (24 April 1954 – 5 April 2024) was a Hungarian
Dózsa Újpest during the late 1970s, when the club won three honours within the Nemzeti Bajnokság I
.
Club career
Schumann began his football career by playing for
Tatabányai Bányász after he was scouted by the club's manager Károly Lakat.[5] Schumann was repeatedly injured during his final season despite only playing in four matches which were his main citation in his retirement. He ended his career in a 4–0 victory over Budapest Honvéd.[6]
Personal life
Péter Schumann's father
Dózsa Újpest but the family soon relocated to Budapest after World War II.[7] Despite this though, Péter stated that his father's career was not the primary source of inspiration for him to pick up football as it came from playing the sport with other family members. He was also classmates with fellow footballer György Gálhidi at school.[1]
Following his football career, fellow footballer Lali Buza convinced him to become a
parking attendant where he remained employed at various locations for the next fifteen years. Around this time, Schumann was married and had a daughter, but he and his wife were later divorced. Former Újpest footballer Gyula Bánka later gave Schumann another job opportunity at his injection moulding shop in 2000. In 2003, while playing a game of football, he broke his left foot. Initially, he treated the wound but with persistent pain, he eventually checked himself at Újpesti Szakorvosi Rendelőintézet Budapest where he was later diagnosed with severe vasoconstriction and his foot was amputated due to no signs of life within the blood vessels. Schumann continued working with an artificial limb until his other leg also began experiencing similar symptoms. From 2014, Schumann was bound in a wheelchair[8] and would later visit his grandson of one year old.[9] Despite some newspapers describing Schumann as being suicidal over his life circumstances, he denied these claims, maintaining an optimistic outlook.[10] He also maintained a friendship with Ede Dunai who wrote a biographical novel about Schumann titled Egy megcsonkított élet.[1] In 2023, Schumann made a guest appearance at Újpest TV.[7] Prior to his death on 5 April 2024, Schumann was set to meet his newly born granddaughter for the first time according to Dunai.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Attila, Kálnoki Kis; Bálint, Szajki (23 January 2023). "Schumann Péter: Annál is van rosszabb, mint hogy levágták mindkét lábam". Rangado.24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "A két Schumann". Népsport. Vol. 31, no. 75. 29 March 1975. p. 3.
- ^ "Új játékos: Schumann". Dunántúli Napló. Vol. 32, no. 173. 26 June 1975. p. 8.
- ^ "Schumann és Valuch Vácott". Pest Megyei Hírlap. Vol. 24, no. 160. 10 July 1980. p. 6.
- ^ a b T. Z. "GYÁSZ: ELHUNYT SCHUMANN PÉTER, AZ ÚJPESTI DÓZSA EGYKORI JÁTÉKOSA". Nemzeti Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Szabó, Gyula (5 April 2024). "Meghalt Schumann Péter". index (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Elhunyt Schumann Péter, az Újpest háromszoros magyar bajnok labdarúgója". Újpest Média. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Szabó, Endre (5 July 2017). "Őrült küzdelem és döbbenetes akaraterő: Újpesten gyógyul tovább a lilák legendája". Blikk (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Sinkovics, Gábor (7 April 2024). "Már nem ölelhette meg kisunokáját Schumann Péter". Sportal.hu. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Pajor-Gyulai, László (24 December 2019). "Szeretetházban álmodik egy megtörtént gólról". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 April 2024.