{{short description|Hungarian player and manager (1965–2002)}} {{Western name order|Simon Tibor}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Tibor Simon |image = Simon Tibor Üllői út 129..jpg |caption = Commemorative plaque of Tibor Simon in Budapest District IX, Üllői street No 129 (FTC Stadium). |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1965|9|1|df=y}} |birth_place = Budapest, Hungary |death_date = {{death date and age|2002|4|23|1965|9|1|df=y}} |death_place = Budapest, Hungary |height = |position = Defender |years1 = 1985–1999 |clubs1 = Ferencváros |caps1 = 194 |goals1 = 2 |years2 = 1996–1997 |clubs2 = → BVSC (loan) |caps2 = 10 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1999–2001 |clubs3 = BVSC |caps3 = 23 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2001 |clubs4 = Rákospalota |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 0 |totalcaps = 229 |totalgoals = 2 |nationalyears1 = 1989–1995 |nationalteam1 = Hungary |nationalcaps1 = 16 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |manageryears1 = 1999–2001 |managerclubs1 = BVSC (player-manager) |manageryears2 = 2001 |managerclubs2 = Rákospalota (player-manager) |manageryears3 = 2001–2002 |managerclubs3 = Sopron }} '''Tibor Simon''' (1 September 1965 – 23 April 2002) was a Hungarian football player and football manager.
==Career== Simon, who played as a defender, spent most of his professional club career with Ferencváros, and also earned 16 caps at international level for Hungary,<ref>{{NFT player|pid=22294}}</ref> including three FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|58062}}</ref>
His managerial career started with managing Nemzeti Bajnokság II side BVSC and Rákospalota as a player-manager. In December 2001, Simon joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Sopron.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/sport-futball/1899/12/20020424kozos|title=Közös szurkolói emlékezés Simon Tiborra|trans-title=Joint fan tribute to Tibor Simon|website=origo.hu|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005064516/https://www.origo.hu/sport/sport-futball/1899/12/20020424kozos|archive-date=5 October 2025|access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref>
==Death== On 21 April 2002, Simon was beaten by security personnel outside a pub in Budapest, dying two days later. Three of the four men arrested for his murder were later freed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pestiside.hu/20050218/in-todays-papers-footballers-of-hungary-unite|title=In Today's Papers: Footballers of Hungary Unite!|accessdate=28 January 2011|date=18 February 2005|publisher=Pestiside.hu}}</ref>
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