József Tóth (footballer, born 1929)

József Tóth (16 May 1929 – 9 October 2017[1]), was a Hungarian footballer, position forward, who played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

József Tóth
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-05-16)16 May 1929
Place of birth Mersevát, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death 9 October 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 88)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1940–1948 Csepel SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1961 Csepel SC 296 (78)
International career
1953–1957 Hungary 12 (5)
Managerial career
1964–1967 Kaposvári Rákóczi
1967–1970 Pápai Textiles
1972–1973 CD Pegaso
1973–1974 AD Torrejón
1975–1976 AD Ceuta
1976–1977 CD Badajoz
1978–1979 CD Colonia Moscardó
1979–1980 CD Badajoz
1980–1981 Gimnástica Arandina
1981–1982 UD Lanzarote
1982–1983 CD Leganés
1983–1984 CD San Fernando de Henares
1987–1988 Atlético Velilla
1989–1990 Marino de Luanco
1990–1991 Tomelloso CF
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

The player from Csepeli Vasas, today known as Csepel SC played between 1953 and 1956 12 times for the Hungary national football team and scored 5 goals in the process. He also took part in the 1954 World Cup campaign of the Magic Magyars.[2] In this tournament he played twice and scored one goal. However, he was not part of the line-up for the final. He was the last surviving member of the squad.

As manager, he developed his career in Spain and adcquired the Spanish nationality. He started in Regional Preferente in the seventies, and reached Segunda División B in the eighties with Club Deportivo Badajoz, Gimnásitca Arandina, Marino de Luanco and Tomelloso CF. The clubs he managed were, among others, Club Deportivo Leganés, CD Pegaso, AD Ceuta, Talavera CF and CD Colonia Moscardó.[3]


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