György Sárosi

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György Sárosi
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Personal information
Full name Sárosi György
Date of birth (1912-08-05)5 August 1912
Place of birth Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 20 June 1993(1993-06-20) (aged 80)
Place of death Genoa, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Second striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1948 Ferencvárosi TC 383 (351)
Total 383 (351)
National team
1931–1943 Hungary 62 (42)
Teams managed
1948–1950 Bari
1950–1951 Lucchese
1951–1953 Juventus
1953–1955 Genoa
1955–1956 Roma
1957–1958 Bologna
1959 Roma
1960 Brescia
1962–1963 Lugano
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

György Sárosi (Hungarian: Sárosi György [ˈʃaːroʃi ˈɟørɟ]; 5 August 1912 – 20 June 1993) was a Hungarian footballer. Sárosi was a complete footballer renowned for his versatility and technique among other things, and he played in several positions for Ferencváros and the Hungarian national team. Essentially a second striker, he could also operate in midfield or central defence, and he helped Ferencváros win five Hungarian league titles between 1932 and 1941. He is considered one of the greatest players of the pre-war era.[citation needed]

He scored a goal in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but his finest hour came when he captained Hungary to the 1938 FIFA World Cup finals, where he scored five goals in the tournament, including one in the final to reduce Italy's lead to 3–2, although a Silvio Piola goal eventually finished off the Hungarians. He finished with the bronze ball for being the third-highest goalscorer of the tournament.

He was named the 60th European Player of the Century in the IFFHS' Century Elections.[1] He is also fifth in the all-time top-goalscorers list for the Hungarian national team, with 42 goals from 62 appearances.[2]

After his retirement he moved to Italy, where he managed a number of clubs, including Genoa, Juventus, Bari and Roma. He was also manager of Lugano.[3] He died in 1993 aged 80.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Source:[4]

Competitions Nemzeti Bajnokság I Magyar Kupa Mitropa Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1930–31 Ferencváros[5] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 7 2 4 0 — 11 2
1931–32 19 4 2 0 2 3 23 7
1932–33 22 8 3 5 — 25 13
1933–34 20 24 — 5 7 25 31
1934–35 20 22 4 6 8 9 32 37
1935–36 21 37 — 2 4 23 41
1936–37 19 29 — 9 12 28 41
1937–38 20 29 — 8 7 28 36
1938–39 20 26 — 6 2 26 28
1939–40 23 23 — 2 6 25 29
1940–41 22 29 1 0 — 23 29
1941–42 19 19 2 4 — 21 23
1942–43 15 6 2 3 — 17 9
1943–44 28 11 6 3 — 34 14
4 1 — — 4 1
1944 9 13 — — 9 13
1945 18 16 — — 18 16
1945–46 31 31 — — 31 31
1946–47 29 15 — — 29 15
1947–48 18 5 — — 18 5
Total 384 350 24 21 42 50 450 421

Honours[]

Player[]

Club[]

Ferencvárosi TC
  • Hungarian National Championship (5): 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941[6]
  • Hungarian Cup (4): 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944[6]
  • Mitropa Cup (1): 1937[6]

International[]

Hungary
  • FIFA World Cup Runners-up: 1938

Manager[]

Club[]

Juventus

Individual[]

  • FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1938[6]
  • FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1938[6]
  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1938
  • World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorer: 1935–36, 1939–40, 1940–41
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I unofficial top scorer: 1944
  • Mitropa Cup top scorer: 1935, 1937, 1940
  • Dr. Gerö Cup top scorer: 1933–35, 1936–38

See also[]

  • The 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century

References[]

  1. ^ "IFFHS' Century Elections".
  2. ^ 62 Caps and 42 Goals for Hungary
  3. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
  4. ^ "György Sárosi All-Time Stats". arfts.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "TempoFradi".
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "The versatile virtuoso of Hungary & FTC". FIFA. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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