Géza Ábrahám

Who is Géza Ábrahám?

Géza Ábrahám was a Hungarian and Yugoslav international football player.

Being born in the Hungarian city of Szeged, Hungary, his real name was Jenő Ábrahám, while playing in Yugoslavia, and in the national team, he was recorded in the chronicles as Geza Abraham or Geza Abraham Saraz. "Száraz" was his nickname, meaning "Dry" in Hungarian, one that he received probably because of his looks.

He started playing in his hometown club Szeged, but in 1922 he came to Yugoslavia to play in FK Vojvodina. He played there for three seasons, until 1925, when he moved to another Yugoslav club, the Zagreb giants 1. HŠK Građanski where he would play another two seasons, until 1927, and he will win the 1926 Yugoslav First League. After 1927, he returned to Szeged, where he continued his career. He usually played as left-winger.

Between 1922 and 1923, he played two matches for the Yugoslavia national football team while playing with Vojvodina having scored two goals. He participated, and scored twice, in the friendly match played on 28 July 1922 in Zagreb against Czechoslovakia, which was a first ever win of the Yugoslav national team, with a final result of 4-3. His other, and last, match was a year latter, on 3 July 1923, in a friendly match in Kraków, against Poland, a 2-1 win.