Gheorghe Váczi

Váczi was born on 4 August 1922 in Mediaș, Romania and began playing football in 1938 at local club Vitrometan. In 1940, he went to play for one year at Mureșul Târgu Mureș. Subsequently, he joined Kolozsvári AC, making his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 23 August 1942 under coach Domonkos János, scoring once in a 3–2 home loss to Vasas. He scored 19 goals until the end of the 1942–43 season, including a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Újvidéki AC. Under coach Zoltán Opata, the team reached the 1943–44 Magyar Kupa final and Váczi played in both legs of the 5–3 aggregate loss to Ferencváros. He moved to Austria in 1945 to play for Wacker Wien. In 1946, he went to play for Győri ETO. Váczi joined Ferar Cluj, making his Divizia A debut on 25 August 1946 under coach Iuliu Bodola in a 1–0 away loss to Ciocanul București. He netted 19 goals until the end of the 1946–47 season to help his side earn sixth place. In 1947, Váczi moved to Progresul Oradea, where in the 1948–49 season, he played 26 matches and scored 24 goals under coach Nicolae Kovács, which helped the team win the championship and made him the league's top-scorer. He was the Divizia A top-scorer for a second time in the 1951 season with 23 goals netted. In 1953, Váczi went to play for Flamura Roșie Arad. On 4 October 1953, he scored a goal in a 2–0 West derby victory against Politehnica Timișoara. He helped Flamura Roșie win the 1953 Cupa României, playing the entire match under coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan and scoring the…

From 1947 to 1949, Váczi played three matches and scored once for Romania's B team. Váczi played 11 games and scored eight goals for Romania, making his debut on 26 October 1947 under coach Ferenc Rónay in a 0–0 friendly draw against Poland. In his following match, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 friendly loss to Czechoslovakia. In another exhibition match against the same opponent on 20 May 1951, he netted a brace in a 2–2 draw against Czechoslovakia. Váczi managed to score a hat-trick in a 3–1 friendly victory against East Germany. On 14 June 1953, he made his last appearance for the national team in a 2–0 loss to Czechoslovakia in the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.

Váczi coached teams in the Romanian lower leagues, with his first spell taking place from 1958 to 1959, when he served as player-coach at Arieșul Turda. One year later, he moved in the same dual capacity to lead Flacăra Mediaș. Afterwards, he coached Metalul Copșa Mică and Minerul Baia de Arieș, helping the latter gain promotion to Divizia C.

His son, Gheorghe Váczi jr., was also a footballer who played in Divizia A for Universitatea Cluj and UTA Arad. Váczi died on 16 October 2006 at the age of 84 in Arad, Romania.