Gyula Zsengellér

Gyula Zsengellér (27 December 1915 – 29 March 1999) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker. A legend of Újpest FC, he is most famous for his part in taking the Hungarian national team to the 1938 World Cup Final. He was that tournament's second-highest scorer, behind Leonidas of Brazil.

Gyula Zsengellér
Personal information
Full name Gyula Zsengellér
Date of birth (1915-12-27)27 December 1915
Place of birth Cegléd, Hungary
Date of death 29 March 1999(1999-03-29) (aged 83)
Place of death Nicosia, Cyprus
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–36 Salgótarjáni TC 24 (19)
1936–47 Újpest FC 301 (368)
1947–49 A.S. Roma 34 (6)
1949–50 AC Ancona 30 (18)
1951–53 Deportivo Samarios 37 (23)
Total 426 (434)
National team
1936–47 Hungary 39 (33)
Teams managed
1950 Cosenza
1951–53 Deportivo Samarios (player-manager)
1953–54 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1955–57 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1957–59 Nea Salamis FC
1959–60 Cosenza
1960–61 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1961–62 Salernitana
1962–64 US Sarom Ravenna
1964–65 Apollon Kalamarias
1965–66 APOEL FC
1966–68 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1968–70 Anorthosis Famagusta
1970 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1970–72 Cosenza (assistant)
1972–74 ASK Olympiakos Volos F.C.
1974–76 APOEL FC
1976–79 APOP Paphos
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His first international cap came on 2 December 1936, when Hungary lost 6–2 against England. In total, he gained 39 caps for his country, scoring 33 goals. This makes him the eighth-highest goalscorer of all-time for the Hungarian national side.

Zsengellér also played 325 games in the Hungarian league and scored 387 goals between 1935 and 1947, making him the third-highest goalscorer of all-time in the Hungarian league. He began his career at Salgótarjáni TC, then moving to Újpest FC in 1936. Zsengellér spent 11 years serving Újpest, when in 1947 he joined Italian side A.S. Roma. In the 1949–50 season Zsengellér played for Ancona and he finished his career playing for Colombian Deportivo Samarios between 1951 and 1952.[1]

He was the Hungarian league's top-scorer in five seasons: 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944 and in the spring season of 1945. He was Europe's top goalscorer in 1939 and 1945.

After his retirement, Zsengellér started a long and successful managerial career, working mainly in Italy and Cyprus. He won the Cypriot First Division with Pezoporikos Larnaca in 1954 and the Cypriot Cup with APOEL FC in 1976. He died in 1999 aged 83.

IFFHS named Zsengellér the 7th most successful Top Division Goal Scorer of all time.

Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Hungary League Hungarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1935–36Salgótarjáni BTCNational Championship I2419
1936–37Újpest BudapestNational Championship I2435
1937–382531
1938–392656
1939–401211
1940–412628
1941–422827
1942–433026
1943–442933
1944–453048
1945–463551
1946–472918
1947–4874
Total Hungary 325387
Career total 325387
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References
  1. Ruiz M., Juan Guillermo (27 December 2011). "Un día como hoy en el fútbol: Diciembre 27" [On this day in football: December 27]. GolGolGol Futbol. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.

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