#34: Geza Hajgato | Three Games to Save My Football Career

Engage with David Walker

30-05-2022 • 57 mins

Geza Hajgato is a former professional footballer.

He excelled in the sport as a teenager and represented Wales up to under-18 level.

After scoring a hat-trick for Cardiff schools in their cup final, he went on to play for Chelsea and later, Cardiff City.

However, injury and fitness issues hampered his progress and by his own admission, his dream of playing senior professional football had ended by the age of just 18.

He went on to play for Port Talbot Town in the Welsh Premier and other clubs in the Welsh pyramid...

Before reuniting with his old school friends at Cardiff-based STM Sports.

Also acting as chairman, he joined the club on their remarkable rise through the leagues over the course of a decade.

The club folded in 2020. Their last ever match saw them finish as runners-up to Cymru Premier champions Connahs Quay Nomads in the Welsh League Cup Final.

Quote:

"There's always someone better. That's a fact of life. But, if I could be the best I could be, then I could be happy with that" - Geza Hajgato.

Geza Hajgato Reveals:

- Scoring a cup final hat-trick for Cardiff Schools which lead to him joining Chelsea as a schoolboy... where he shared digs with ex-England captain John Terry!

- How he kept a torn hamstring secret and scored a hat-trick in 35 minutes against Wimbledon... after being issued a three-match ultimatum to save his injury-hampered career at The Blues!

- How his eldest son played for Wales under 18s... 18 years to the day after he represented his country at that level himself!

- Drifting into the Welsh League to play part-time football... where he earned more money than if he played in the Welsh Premier League!

- Rising through the leagues with STM Sports alongside his childhood friends... reaching the second tier of Welsh football before the club folded in 2020.

- How STM Sports beat Newton and Aberystwyth enroute to the Welsh League Cup Final... and finished as runners-up to Cymru Premier champions Connahs Quay in the club's last ever game!

- How he's a UEFA B License holder and would like to work at a football academy... to pass on his 30+ years of football experience to the next generation!

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