Márton Fülöp

Márton Fülöp

Fülöp playing for Sunderland in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Márton Fülöp[1]
Date of birth	(1983-05-03)3 May 1983[1]
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	12 November 2015(2015-11-12) (aged 32)
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	MTK Budapest	0	(0)
2002–2003	BKV Előre SC	16	(0)
2003–2004	Bodajk	27	(0)
2004–2007	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
2005	→ Chesterfield (loan)	7	(0)
2005–2006	→ Coventry City (loan)	31	(0)
2006–2007	→ Sunderland (loan)	1	(0)
2007–2010	Sunderland	44	(0)
2007	→ Leicester City (loan)	24	(0)
2008	→ Stoke City (loan)	0	(0)
2010	→ Manchester City (loan)	3	(0)
2010–2011	Ipswich Town	35	(0)
2011–2012	West Bromwich Albion	1	(0)
2012–2013	Asteras Tripolis	28	(0)
Total		217	(0)
International career
2004–2005	Hungary U21	11	(0)
2005–2011	Hungary	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Márton Fülöp (3 May 1983 – 12 November 2015) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Budapest.

After playing in Hungary for MTK Budapest FC, BKV Előre SC and BFC Siófok, he signed for English club Tottenham Hotspur, who loaned him to Chesterfield and Coventry, then to Sunderland with whom he permanently signed in 2007.

Further loans to Leicester City, Stoke City and Manchester City ended with a transfer to Ipswich Town. He ended his career with spells at West Bromwich Albion and Greece's Asteras Tripoli. Fülöp also represented his country at under-21 and full international level, earning 24 senior caps from his debut in 2005.

Fülöp died on 12 November 2015 in Budapest after a struggle with cancer, aged 32.^[2][3]