At 33 Rue Armand Camenhout in Brussels, the phone had hardly stopped ringing. Over the past month, ninety-nine out of every hundred calls came from the world of Dutch football — players, club officials, all reaching out with questions and offers. At the center of all this attention stood a Hungarian man: Jenő Bekeffy, who had clearly become a significant figure in the region’s football affairs.
Jenő Bekeffy – the football agent
Bekeffy was 35 years old at the time and had previously played for Dinamo Vasas — the club known today as Vasas SC in Budapest. In 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution, he fled the country along with two teammates, András Béres and Miklós Miklós, escaping the then-communist (referred to in the original text as “blood-red”) regime.
He later settled in Brussels, where he became active in the world of football management, building strong connections particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands.