Gejza Kocsis

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]

Gejza Kocsis
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1933 Teplitzer FK ? (14)
1933–1934 Bohemians 1905 ? (20)
1934–1940 Újpest 143 (75)
Total 145+ (109)
International career
1933 Czechoslovakia 1 (1)
1937 Hungary 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 1933Stadion Concordije, Zagreb, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia1–01–2Friendly

References

  1. Gejza Kocsis at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Kocsis Géza". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. Gejza Kocsis at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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