István Kocsis
Personal information | |||
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Full name | István Kocsis | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Csorna, Hungary | ||
Date of death | 9 June 1994 | (aged 44)||
Place of death | Csorna, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1966–1968 | Csornai MEDOSZ | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1975 | Pécsi Mecsek FC | 156 | (10) |
1975–1981 | Budapest Honvéd FC | 187 | (1) |
1981–1983 | Lierse SK | 66 | (0) |
1983–1984 | FC Sopron | ||
1988–1990 | Ostbahn 11 | ||
National team | |||
1977–1983 | Hungary | 20 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
István Kocsis (6 October 1949 – 9 June 1994) was a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup in which Hungary was eliminated in the first round. His nicknames were Sandor and Pischta.
From 1975 to 1981, he played for Budapest Honvéd FC before moving to Belgium where he played for Lierse SK for two seasons (66 games),[1] after which he decided to return to Hungary to play for FC Sopron, before ending his career in a lower-class Austrian team.
He died of cancer at the age of 44.
References[]
External links[]
- István Kocsis at FootballDatabase.eu
- FIFA Official Website[dead link]
- Magyar Version of Wikipedia
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 1994 deaths
- Hungarian footballers
- Budapest Honvéd FC players
- Hungary international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football defenders
- People from Csorna
- Deaths from cancer in Hungary
- Hungarian football defender stubs