György Sándor (born 20 March 1984) is a Hungarian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for Csákvári TK as a

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. He was born in

Carpathian Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia ( rue, Карпатьска Русь, Karpat'ska Rus'; uk, Закарпаття, Zakarpattia; sk, Podkarpatská Rus; hu, Kárpátalja; ro, Transcarpatia; pl, Zakarpacie); cz, Podkarpatská Rus; german: Karpatenukrai ...

to an ethnic Hungarian family.

Career

Sándor started his professional career in

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegat ...

. In season 2004-05 he played in

Győri ETO FC ETO FC Győr (''Egyetértés Torna Osztály Futball Club Győr''; ''Concordance Gymnastics Department Football Club of Győr'') or just ETO, is a football club from the city of Győr in Hungary. They are best known for reaching the semi-finals of ...

. In June 2005 György returned to

. For three seasons he earned 71 appearances, scored nine goals. On 15 November 2006 Sándor made his debut for

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in a friendly match against

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. In February 2007 he played for the team in matches against

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and Latvia. Amidst rumours circulating over Sándor's fitness after a recent ankle injury, the midfielder completed a loan deal taking him to Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season, with a view to make the move permanent, on 24 January 200

On 23 April, Sándor returned from the loan to

. In January 2009, Sándor was loaned by Bulgarian

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. Sándor was given the number 24 shirt. He made his team debut a few days later in

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, in an 0-0 friendly draw against

FC Bunyodkor Football Club Bunyodkor ( uz, Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it ...

. Sándor scored his first goal in the league against

PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium ...

. In January 2013 he joined

Ittihad FC Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد العربي السعودي), referred to as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the to ...

. On 16 July 2015 Sándor signed a two-year deal with Perth Glory. At the end of the season, on 8 May 2016, he was released by the club and returned to Hungary due to family reasons.

Honours

;Litex Lovech *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournamen ...

: 2009 ;Videoton *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

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;Ittihad FC *

King Cup of Champions The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Footb ...

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Karpatalja * ConIFA World Football Cup:

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Club statistics

References

External links

György Sándor profile at magyarfutball.hu

György Sándor
at HLSZ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandor, Gyorgy 1984 births Living people Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Újpest FC players Győri ETO FC players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players PFC Litex Lovech players Perth Glory FC players Fehérvár FC players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players Aqvital FC Csákvár players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Saudi Pro League players A-League Men players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in England Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Footballers from Uzhhorod Ukrainian people of Hungarian descent