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Sándor Kocsis
Sándor Péter Kocsis was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, he moved to Spain where he became a member of the FC Barcelona team of t…
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sports · Hungarian footballer (1929–1979) · association football player · association football coach · athlete · also Sándor Kocsis, Sandor Kocsis, Kocsis
Born 21 September 1929 · Died 22 July 1979 · Q295265
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2026· 6 entries
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Public attention spiked: 2,804 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 681, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 5 edits by Alessandro borbatox (talk) to last revision by Berlin2019
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Public attention spiked: 4,876 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.2× the usual 681, with 5 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 2,802 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 681, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,389 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.3× the usual 681, with 0 article edits.
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2018· 1 entry
Sports Illustrated: World Cup Countdown: 16 Weeks to Go - Is Sándor Kocsis the Greatest Goalscorer of All Time?
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2013· 1 entry
Sportskeeda: The Forgotten Legends of Football: Sándor Kocsis
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (2012).
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1980· 1 entry
“Interview with Sylvester Stallone”
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1979· 1 entry
Died 1979-07-22.
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1966· 1 entry
And opened a restaurant in Barcelona called Tete D’ Or
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1963· 1 entry
Won: Copa del Generalísimo with Barcelona (1962–63).
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1961· 5 entries
Runner-up: European Cup with Barcelona (1960–61).
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Played for Valencia CF (1961–1961).
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Also played as a guest for Valencia CF and helped them win their own summer trophy, the Trofeo Naranja
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And scored all three goals in the 1962 Fairs Cup final that they lost to Valencia CF 7–3 on aggregate
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And this saw Czibor and Kocsis return to the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, where in 1954, while playing for Hungary, they had lost the World Cup Final and where, on 23 February 1958, Kocsis had lost 5–1 to BSC Young Boys whi
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1960· 3 entries
Won: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with Barcelona (1958–60).
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Won: Central European International Cup with Hungary (1955–60).
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Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1959–60).
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1959· 3 entries
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1958–59).
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Won: Copa del Generalísimo with Barcelona (1958–59).
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And a La Liga and Fairs Cup double in 1960
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1958· 1 entry
Played for FC Barcelona (1958–1965) — 75 appearances, 42 goals.
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1957· 1 entry
Played for SC Young Fellows Juventus (1957–1958) — 11 appearances, 7 goals.
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1956· 2 entries
Won award: Ballon d'Or (1956).
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Honvéd entered the European Cup and in the first round they were drawn against Athletic Bilbao
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1955· 1 entry
Won: Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Honvéd (1955).
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1954· 5 entries
Won: Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Honvéd (1954).
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Runner-up: FIFA World Cup with Hungary (1954).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1954).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup Golden Boot (1954).
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Won award: Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year (1954).
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1953· 2 entries
Won: Central European International Cup with Hungary (1948–53).
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Hungary defeated England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium and then in 1954 by 7–1 in Budapest
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1952· 2 entries
Won: Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Honvéd (1952).
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Won: Summer Olympics with Hungary (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
1952 and 1954 scoring 30, 36 and 33 goals respectively
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1950· 2 entries
Played for Ferencvárosi TC (1950–1950) — 30 appearances, 30 goals.
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Played for Budapest Honvéd FC (1950–1957) — 145 appearances, 153 goals.
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1949· 1 entry
Won: Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Ferencváros (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
Played for Hungary men's national football team (1948–1956) — 68 appearances, 75 goals.
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1945· 1 entry
Played for Ferencvárosi TC (1945–1950) — 59 appearances, 40 goals.
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-09-21.
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