Francisc Spielmann

The native form of this personal name is Sárvári Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Francisc Spielmann
Ferenc Sárvári

Personal information
Date of birth	(1916-07-10)10 July 1916
Place of birth	Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	21 November 1974(1974-11-21) (aged 58)
Place of death	Oradea, Romania
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1926–1934	Stăruința Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1940	CA Oradea	59	(26)
1940	UD Reșița	14	(5)
1940–1944	Nagyváradi AC	92	(57)
1945–1950	IC Oradea	90	(44)
1951–1953	Metalul Oradea	51	(23)
Total		306	(155)
International career‡
1939–1949	Romania	11	(4)
1940–1943	Hungary	7	(3)
Managerial career
1954–1955	Metalul Oradea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2017

Francisc Spielmann (Hungarian: Sárvári Ferenc; 10 July 1916 – 21 November 1974) was a football player and coach of German ethnicity who played as a striker at international level for Romania and Hungary.

Career

Spielmann begin his football career in 1926, at Stăruința Oradea. In 1934, he appeared in the colors of CA Oradea and immediately became a member of the silver medal team. In 1940 he made a short break to UD Reșița and then he returned to Oradea, which was already in the Hungarian Championship. He was a member of the 1943-44 Hungarian Champion and the 1948-49 Romanian Champion. He was top-scorer for NAC in their Hungarian title-winning season, with 23 goals; he was also the Hungarian player of the year. In 1950, he was put on a free agent list overnight. He returned to his first football club, Stăruința Oradea, which was named Metalul Oradea, in the county championship. He managed to move up two classes with the team and retired in 1953.

International career

Between 1939 and 1949 he played 11 times for Romania and scored 4 goals. In the meantime, between 1940 and 1943 he was a member of the Hungary team. He went on track for seven times and scored 3 goals.

Personal life

Spielmann was born in Oradea of Romanian German descent.

Honours

Player

CA Oradea

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I (1): 1943–44
• Liga I (1): 1948–49

External links

• Francisc Spielmann at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Francisc Spielmann at National-Football-Teams.com