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{{short description|Hungarian footballer}}
{{Eastern name order|Garaba Imre}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
|fullname = Imre Garaba
|image = Garaba Imre 2011.jpg
|caption = Garaba in 2011
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|29}}
| birth_place = [[Vác]], [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]]
|death_date =
|position = [[Defender (association football)#Second striker|Defender]]
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
|years1 = 1976–1979
|years2 = 1979–1987
|years3 = 1987–1989
|years4 = 1989–1992
|years5 = 1992–1993
|clubs1 = [[Dunakanyar-Vác FC|Dunakanyar-Vác]]
|clubs2 = [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
|clubs3 = [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]]
|clubs4 = [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]]
|clubs5 = [[BVSC Budapest]]
|caps1 =
|caps2 =
|caps3 = 64
|caps4 =
|caps5 =
|totalcaps =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|goals3 = 5
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|nationalyears1 = 1980–1991
|nationalteam1 = [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]
|nationalcaps1 = 82
|nationalgoals1 = 3
|manageryears1 = 1993
|manageryears2 = 1993–1994
|manageryears3 = 1994–1995
|manageryears4 = 1996
|managerclubs1 = [[BVSC Budapest]]
|managerclubs2 = [[Rákospalotai EAC]]
|managerclubs3 = [[Gödöllő SC]]
|managerclubs4 = [[MTK Budapest]]
}}
'''Imre Garaba''' (born 29 July 1958) is a retired Hungarian [[association football|football]] player and manager.<ref>{{NFT player|id=14542|name=Garaba, Imre|accessdate=3 September 2006}}</ref>

He made his debut for the [[Hungary national football team|Hungary national team]] in 1980, and got 82 caps and 3 goals until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/hong-recintlp.html |title=Hungary - Record International Players |access-date=3 September 2006 |last=Mamrud |first=Roberto |publisher=[[Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation]]}}</ref> He was a participant at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]s, where Hungary on both occasions failed to progress from the group stage.

Imre was very popular among [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] supporters for his combative and heartfelt play, and because, in spite of playing a defender, he scored a number of important goals both for Honvéd and the Hungary national team. He played a key role in having [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] win the Hungarian Championship in 1980, as well as in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
He later played with [[Stade Rennais F.C.|Rennes]] in France and Belgium's [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]], before ending his career back in Hungary with [[BVSC Budapest]], where he also worked as a manager. He has lately not played a role in Hungarian football but remains a popular figure among Honvéd supporters.

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[[Category:1958 births]]
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[[Category:Hungarian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Hungary men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Budapest Honvéd FC players]]
[[Category:Stade Rennais FC players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:Royal Charleroi S.C. players]]
[[Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1986 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Hungarian football managers]]
[[Category:MTK Budapest FC managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vác]]
[[Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen]]


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