Márton Esterházy

Márton Esterházy
Personal information
Full name	Márton Esterházy
Date of birth	9 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1976	III. Kerületi TVE
1976–1977	Budafoki LC
1977–1979	Ferencváros
1979–1984	Honvéd
1984–1987	AEK Athens
1987–1988	Panathinaikos
1988–1989	Casino Salzburg
1989–1991	Chênois
1991–1993	Bulle
1993–1994	SC Weissenbach
Total
International career
1980–1988	Hungary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired professional footballer. He is a descendant of the Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brother Péter Esterházy, he became a published author himself as well. He is also the head of the Hungarian Futsal Committee, and in February 2007 became a UEFA controller.^[1]

Club career

Esterházy played for Budafoki LC, Ferencváros and Honvéd, until he was acquired by AEK Athens.

At AEK it didn't take long for him to impress, alongside Thomas Mavros and Hokan Sandberg they composed a "magical" triplet in the mid-80s. One of highlights of his career was against Real Madrid on 18 September 1985 for the UEFA Cup. After the shot of Pavlos Papaioannou he went in the course of the ball, jumping over the it and confusing José Manuel Ochotorena, as a result of which it ended up in his net and AEK won the match.^[2]

In December 1986, as his performance had begun to decline, he left AEK and joined Panathinaikos. He played for the greens for 1.5 years, but without much success. He then moved to Austria to play for Casino Salzburg. In 1989 he traveled to Switzerland for Chênois and then for Bulle. He ended his career in 1994 at Weissenbach.^[3]

International career

He scored 11 goals for the Hungary national team,^[4] and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from the group stage. Esterházy scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against Canada.