Gejza Kocsis

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Gejza Kocsis
Kocsis Geza portreja, 1935.jpg
Gejza Kocsis in 1935
Personal information
Date of birth(1910-11-25)25 November 1910
Place of birth Pozsony, Austria-Hungary
(now Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date of death 12 March 1958(1958-03-12) (aged 47)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1931–1933 Teplitzer FK ? (14)
1933–1934 Bohemians 1905 ? (20)
1934–1940 Újpest 143 (75)
Total145+(109)
International career
1933 Czechoslovakia 1 (1)
1937 Hungary 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gejza Kocsis (Hungarian : Kocsis Géza; 25 November 1910 – 12 March 1958) was a Czechoslovak-Hungarian footballer who played as a forward and appeared for both the Czechoslovakia and Hungary national teams. [1]

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Career

Kocsis earned his first and only cap for Czechoslovakia on 6 August 1933 in a friendly against Yugoslavia. He scored the opening goal of the match, which was played in Zagreb and finished as a 1–2 loss. He later represented the Hungary national team, making his first appearance on 11 April 1937 in the 1936–38 Central European International Cup against Switzerland, which finished as a 5–1 win Basel. He made his second and final appearance for Hungary on 25 April 1937 against Italy, also in the Central European International Cup, which finished as a 0–2 loss in Turin. [2]

Personal life

Kocsis died on 12 March 1958 at the age of 47. [3]

Career statistics

International

Team [2] YearAppsGoals
Czechoslovakia 193311
Total11
Hungary 193720
Total20
Career total31

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 August 1933 Stadion Concordije, Zagreb, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia 1–01–2 Friendly

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References

  1. Gejza Kocsis at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 "Kocsis Géza". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. Gejza Kocsis at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg