István Kocsis

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István Kocsis
Personal information
Full name István Kocsis
Date of birth (1949-10-06)6 October 1949
Place of birth Csorna, Hungary
Date of death 9 June 1994(1994-06-09) (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
International career
1977–1983 Hungary 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

  1. ^ "Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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