Gyula Zsengellér

Gyula Zsengellér [ ˈɟulɒ ˈʒɛŋɡɛleːr ] (born December 27, 1915 in Cegléd , † March 29, 1999 in Nicosia ) was a Hungarian football player .

Career

The striker Zsengellér played for Újpest Budapest from 1936 to 1947 and scored 387 goals during that time. He is still third in the all-time best list of the Hungarian league. In 1947/48 he became a professional in the Italian Serie A at AS Roma . After another move to Anconitana Ancona in 1949/50 , he went to South America in 1951 to the Colombian Club Deportivo Samarios . Here he ended his career in 1952.

societies

Salgyrtarian 1935/36 24 games, 19 goals
Újpest Budapest , Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1936–1946 / 47 387 goals
AS Roma , Serie A 1947/48 28 games
AS Roma, Serie A 1948/49 6 games
Anconitana Ancona , Series C 1949/50
Anconitana Ancona, series B 1950/51
Deportivo Samarios 1951

Summary

Serie A 34 games
Nemzeti Bajnokság I 387 goals

National team

For the Hungarian national football team , he took part in the 1938 World Cup in France . With his goals he played a major role in the Hungarians' runner-up world title. In the final they lost 4-2 to Italy . With six goals, Zsengellér was second in the scorers list behind the Brazilian Leônidas da Silva . In total, he made 39 international matches and scored 32 goals.

Web links

Gyula Zsengellér in the database of weltfussball.de
Zsengellér on enciclopediadelcalcio.it (Italian)

personal data
SURNAME	Zsengellér, Gyula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cegléd , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 1999
Place of death	Nicosia , Cyprus