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Yozhef Yozhefovich (or Iosif Iosifovich) Betsa (Hungarian: József Beca, Ukrainian: Йожеф Йожефович Беца, Russian: Иосиф Иосифович Беца; 6 November 1929 – 24 February 2011) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. Betsa was an ethnic Magyar. In December 2006 he was denied the invitation to accept a medal from the President of the Union of the Russian football veterans, Alexander Bagratovich Mirzoyan with the explanation that he has to reside in the Russian Federation. He was born and died in Mukacheve.

• Soviet Cup winner: 1955.
• Olympic champion: 1956.^[1]

Betsa made his debut for USSR on 23 October 1955 in a friendly against France.

Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:

• Fedir Medvid
• Vasyl Rats
• Yozhef Sabo

• Profile (in Russian)
• Yozhef Betsa's obituary (in Russian)