István Kocsis (6 October 1949 – 9 June 1994) was a
Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup in which
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
was eliminated in the first round. His nicknames were Sandor and Pischta.
From 1975 to 1981, he played for
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. ''Honvéd'' means th ...
before moving to Belgium where he played for Lierse SK for two seasons (66 games),
after which he decided to return to Hungary to play for
FC Sopron
FC Sopron was a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border. It was founded in 1921 as ''Soproni Postás''. The club's home stadium is Stadion Városi with a capacity of 5,300.
With the beginning of the season 200 ...
, before ending his career in a lower-class Austrian team.
He died of cancer at the age of 44.
References
External links
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FIFA Official Website*
Magyar Version of Wikipedia
1949 births
1994 deaths
Hungarian footballers
Budapest Honvéd FC players
Lierse S.K. players
Hungary men's international footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
1978 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football defenders
People from Csorna
Deaths from cancer in Hungary
Sportspeople from Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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