Márton Fülöp

Márton Fülöp
Fülöp playing for Sunderland in 2010
Personal information
Full name Márton Fülöp
Date of birth (1983-05-03)3 May 1983
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)
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)
2005Chesterfield (loan) 7 (0)
2005–2006Coventry City (loan) 31 (0)
2006–2007Sunderland (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2010 Sunderland 44 (0)
2007Leicester City (loan) 24 (0)
2008Stoke City (loan) 0 (0)
2010Manchester 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.