SOCCER PLAYER

Gyula Zsengellér

1915 - 1999

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Gyula Zsengellér (27 December 1915 – 29 March 1999) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker. A historic player of Újpest FC, he scored 387 goals in the Hungarian league between 1935 and 1947, making him the league's third-highest goalscorer of all-time. He was also a member of the Hungary national team that reached the final of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, being the tournament's second-highest scorer. After finishing his playing career, he worked as a coach for several clubs in Italy and Cyprus, guiding Pezoporikos Larnaca to a championship title and APOEL FC to a cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gyula Zsengellér is the 575th most popular soccer player (down from 406th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 167th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Hungarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gyula Zsengellér ranks 575 out of 21,273Before him are Antonín Puč, Bauer, Hakan Şükür, Maicon Sisenando, Alfredo Foni, and Henrik Larsson. After him are Bixente Lizarazu, Sigfried Held, Christian Vieri, Míchel, Herbert Wimmer, and Michio Ashikaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Gyula Zsengellér ranks 76Before him are Alan Watts, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Konstantin Simonov, Loris Francesco Capovilla, John Woodruff, and Mario Monicelli. After him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Tapio Wirkkala, Marie-Louise von Franz, Piet de Jong, Tadeusz Kantor, and Denis Thatcher. Among people deceased in 1999, Gyula Zsengellér ranks 61Before him are Brion James, Fabrizio De André, Rafael Alberti, Henri, Count of Paris, Dusty Springfield, and Victor Mature. After him are Edward Dmytryk, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Charlotte Perriand, Hermine Braunsteiner, Paul Bowles, and Igor Netto.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Zsengellér ranks 190 out of 1,077Before him are Ferenc Deák (1803), Franz Xaver von Zach (1754), Constance of Hungary (1180), Valamir (420), Hannah Szenes (1921), and Gyula Lóránt (1923). After him are István Dobi (1898), Attila József (1905), Michael Balint (1896), György Konrád (1933), Adolph Zukor (1873), and Miklós Zrínyi (1620).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Hungary

Among soccer players born in Hungary, Gyula Zsengellér ranks 15Before him are Gyula Grosics (1926), György Sárosi (1912), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Lajos Tichy (1935), Ferenc Bene (1944), and Gyula Lóránt (1923). After him are Ferenc Deák (1922), Imre Schlosser (1889), Mihály Lantos (1928), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), László Budai (1928), and Alfréd Schaffer (1893).