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{{Short description|Serbian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Eastern name order|Pálfi Béla}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bela Palfi
| image = 
| fullname = Bela Palfi
| birth_date = 16 February 1923
| birth_place = [[Bečkerek]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|9|9|1923|2|16|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Zrenjanin]], [[Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)|Serbia]], [[FR Yugoslavia]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1= 1938–1941
| youthclubs1 = [[AK Vojvodina Zrenjanin]]
| years1 = 1941–1944 | years2 = 1945–1946 | years3 = 1946–1948 | years4 = 1948 | years5 =1948–1953 | years6 = 1953–1954
| clubs1 = [[NAK Novi Sad|Újvideki AC]] | clubs2 = [[FK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] | clubs3 = [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] | clubs4 = [[FK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] | clubs5 = [[Red Star Belgrade]] | clubs6 = [[FK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]]
| caps1 = 83 | goals1 = 27 | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 5 | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 2 | caps5 = 73 | goals5 = 5 | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 7
|nationalyears1= 1948–1951
|nationalteam1= [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|nationalcaps1= 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1959–1963
| manageryears2 = 1963–1966
| manageryears3 = 1966–1967
| manageryears4 = 
| manageryears5 = 
| manageryears6 = 1969–1975
| manageryears7 = 1975
| manageryears8 = 1978–1979
| manageryears9 = 1981–1983
| managerclubs1 = [[FK Sloboda Tuzla|Sloboda Tuzla]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris Thessaloniki]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| managerclubs4 = [[FK Proleter Zrenjanin|Proleter Zrenjanin]]
| managerclubs5 = [[FK Radnički Kragujevac|Radnički Kragujevac]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Panachaiki F.C.|Panachaiki]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Egaleo F.C.|Egaleo]]
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Prishtina|Priština]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{YUG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}{{MedalSilver | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Bela Palfi''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Бела Палфи}}, {{langx|hu|Pálfi Béla}}; 16 February 1923 – 9 September 1995) was a Yugoslav [[Association football|footballer]] of [[Hungarians in Vojvodina|Hungarian]] ethnicity who was part of [[Yugoslavia national football team]] at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]. He later became a manager. With [[FK Partizan]] he won [[Yugoslav First League|national championship]] ([[1946–47 Yugoslav First League|1947]]) and [[Yugoslav Cup]] (1947). With [[Red Star Belgrade]] he won 2 national championships ([[1951 Yugoslav First League|1951]], [[1952–53 Yugoslav First League|1953]]) and three Yugoslav Cups (1948, 1949, 1950).

==Biography==
He played with [[NAK Novi Sad|Újvideki AC]] in the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I|Hungarian championship]] during the [[Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories|Hungarian occupation]] in the [[World War II in Yugoslavia|World War II]].<ref>[http://www.nela.hu/nb_jatekos.php?id=6875 Béla Pálfi stats] at nela.hu</ref><ref>[http://archiv.magyarszo.com/arhiva/2005/12/01/main.php?l=b8.htm Nincs új a nap alatt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205303/http://archiv.magyarszo.com/arhiva/2005/12/01/main.php?l=b8.htm# |date=2014-01-04 }} at Magyar Szo online, 1-12-2005, retrieved 4-1-2014 {{in lang|hu}}</ref> He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], but he did not play in any matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700955 |title=Béla Pálfi |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> He earned three caps between 1948 and 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15883|title=Béla Pálfi, international football player|access-date=7 March 2025|website=EU-football.info}}</ref>

He started his coaching career in Zrenjanin, then he coached [[FK Sloboda Tuzla]] in their first seasons in the [[Yugoslav First League]] (1959–60 and 1962–63), then he worked in Greece, later took charge of [[FK Proleter Zrenjanin]] in the First League in 1969 and also coached [[FC Prishtina|Priština]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prishtinafc.com/fcp/site/index.php?p=3&id=8&lng=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707092341/http://prishtinafc.com/fcp/site/index.php?p=3&id=8&lng=1 |archive-date=2017-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when the club accomplished promotion for the first time to the Yugoslav First League.<ref>[http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/treneri.html Treneri – Razvoj] at FSG Zrenjanin, retrieved 10-9-2014 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Reprezentacija|palfi-bela}}
* {{sports links}}

{{Yugoslavia football squad 1948 Summer Olympics}}
{{Yugoslavia squad 1950 FIFA World Cup}}
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