Ferenc Bene

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

Ferenc Bene

Personal information
Full name	Ferenc Bene
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	deceased

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1964 Tokyo	Football

Ferenc Bene (Balatonújlak, December 17, 1944 – Budapest, February 27, 2006) was a Hungarian football (soccer) player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament (12 goals in 5 matches).

Bene played his first international match against Yugoslavia on October 14, 1962, and his last against Czechoslovakia on September 12, 1979. He obtained 76 caps and scored 36 goals. He was bronze medallist at the European Championship of 1964, and a quarter-finalist at the World Cup of 1966 (at the latter event he was the best scorer of the Hungarian national team). Bene was named Footballer of the Year in 1969. He died after a lengthy treatment following a fall at the end of 2005. His son Ferenc Bene jr. is also a former player, currently working as a coach

He played for the following teams:

• Újpesti Dózsa (1961-1978)
• Volán FC (1978-79, 1983-84)
• Sepsi-78, Finland (1981-82)
• Soroksári VOSE (1984)
• Kecskeméti SC (1985)