Márton Fülöp
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Fülöp playing for Sunderland in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Márton Fülöp | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 12 November 2015 (aged 32) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| 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 (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrton ˈfyløp]; 3 May 1983 – 12 November 2015) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After playing in Hungary for MTK Budapest, 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 Tripolis.
Fülöp also represented his country at under-21 and full international level, earning 24 senior caps from his debut in 2005. He died in 2015 after a battle with cancer.