Károly Sándor

Károly Sándor (born 26 November 1928 Szeged ) is a retired Hungarian football player.

Career

His footballing career began born in the provincial town of Szeged Károly Sándor at MTK Budapest, a club with which also other Hungarian soccer greats like Nándor Hidegkuti, Mihály Lantos and József Zakariás, all members of the so -called " Golden Team " of Hungary, then active. The association remained Sándor loyal throughout his career. His first championship with MTK he won in 1951. During the years 1953 and 1958, followed by three more. The Hungarian Cup could win the club in 1952. Also in the Mitropa one was very successful and won this in 1955 and 1963. During his last season at MTK took Sándor with his club by a hair also the European Cup Winners' Cup. The final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels against Sporting Lisbon from Portugal ended 3-3 after extra time, with Károly Sándor get two goals, and a replay had to decide on the winner. In this second final match in Antwerp Sporting won 1-0. This game was the last in the career of Károly Sándor. Overall, he played for MTK Budapest 379 league games, in which get 182 Goals him.

In the Hungarian national football team Károly Sándor was 1949-1964 in 75 internationals for use. This reach him 27 goals. His first major tournament was the World Cup in Sweden in 1958. During the World Cup four years earlier, when Hungary failed just short of first title win, he was not in the squad. After most of the players in the " Golden Team " either her career had ended at the National Dress or had gone to the West after the downcast popular uprising, Sándor was a regular place and was one of the pillars of the Hungarian team at the 1958 World Cup. Yet even he could the resignation not prevent the incumbent vice world champion in the first round. At the World Cup 4-0 victory over Mexico in the final group game, he had a hit for intermediate 3-0. Four years later in Chile, the striker was again included in the squad of Hungary, but he scored no Goals this time, while his team failed to Czechoslovakia in the quarter -finals.