Imre Komora (5 June 1940 – 15 August 2024) was a Hungarian footballer, who played as a midfielder for Szombathelyi Haladás and Budapest Honvéd. For the Hungary national team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He also won a gold medal in football at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Imre Komora
Komora in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-06-05)5 June 1940
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Date of death 15 August 2024(2024-08-15) (aged 84)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Szombathelyi Haladás 35 (8)
1961–1972 Budapest Honvéd 277 (64)
Total 312 (72)
International career
1964–1968 Hungary 2 (0)
Managerial career
1982–1986 Budapest Honvéd
1986 Hungary
1987 Budapest Honvéd
1989–1990 Olympiacos
1997–1998 Budapest Honvéd
1999 Budapest Honvéd
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team competition
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Spain Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Later he served as the head coach of the Hungary national team in 1986. As a coach, they won three consecutive championship titles with Honvéd, as well as the Hungarian Cup in 1985. He was the father-in-law of Lajos Détári who was once married to Komora's daughter.

Komora died in Budapest on 15 August 2024, at the age of 84.[1]

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