Sándor Zámbó (born 10 October 1944 in

Újpest Újpest (; german: Neu-Pest, en, New Pest) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary i ...

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) is a former Hungarian

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. He spent all of his professional career at Újpesti Dózsa from 1963 to 1980. He played 33 matches and scored 3 goals for the Hungary national team, and is most famous for his participation in Hungarian

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team. Zámbó won 9 Hungarian championship titles with Újpest and played in the

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Final in 1969.

Sources

* Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, III. kötet (S–Z). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, 322. o., * Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977)
nemzetisport.hu: Ládát pakol az újpesti kedvenc
1944 births Living people Hungary men's international footballers Hungarian men's footballers People from Újpest UEFA Euro 1972 players Újpest FC players Men's association football forwards {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub