Sandor Kocsis

Sándor Kocsis

Kocsis in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Sándor Kocsis Péter
Date of birth	(1929-09-21)21 September 1929
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	22 July 1979(1979-07-22) (aged 49)
Place of death	Barcelona, Spain
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1946	Kobanyai TC	5	(0)
1946–1950	Ferencváros	59	(40)
1950	ÉDOSZ	30	(30)
1950–1957	Honvéd	145	(153)
1957–1958	Young Fellows Zürich	11	(7)
1958–1965	Barcelona	75	(42)
1961	→ Valencia (guest)
National team
1948–1956	Hungary	68	(75)
Teams managed
1970–1971	Hércules
??	Alicante
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's Football
	1952 Helsinki	Team competition

Sándor Péter Kocsis (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor ˈpeːtɛr ˈkot͡ʃiʃ]; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution he moved to Spain where he became a member of the FC Barcelona team of the late 1950s.

Kocsis was a prolific goalscorer for both Budapest Honvéd and Hungary. While playing for Honvéd, he was the top goal scorer in any European league in both 1952 and 1954. He also scored 75 goals in 68 appearances for Hungary – a 1.10 goal/game average at the game's highest level. Kocsis was the top goal scorer in the 1954 World Cup with 11 goals, being the first player to score two hat tricks in a World Cup. His record 2.2 goal/game average in a single World Cup finals competition is still unbeaten as of 2014^[update], and only Just Fontaine has scored more goals in a single World Cup. He was particularly known for scoring headers.