József Tóth (16 May 1929 – 9 October 2017) was a Hungarian football forward, who played in the

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. The player from ''Csepeli Vasas'', today known as

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played between 1953 and 1956 12 times for the

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and scored 5 goals in the process. He also took part in the 1954 World Cup campaign of the Magic Magyars. In this tournament he played twice and scored one goal. However, he was not part of the line-up for the final. He was the last surviving member of the squad. As manager, he developed his career in Spain and adcquired the Spanish nationality. He started in Regional Preferente in the seventies, and reached

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in the eighties with

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, Gimnásitca Arandina,

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and Tomelloso CF. The clubs he managed were, among others, Club Deportivo Leganés, CD Pegaso,

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and

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.József Tóth Zele en BDFútbol
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