Full name Istvan Kocsis Name Istvan Kocsis Role Football player | Height 1.82 m Current team Retired | |
Date of birth (1949-10-06)6 October 1949 Date of death 9 June 1994(1994-06-09) (aged 44) Died June 9, 1994, Csorna, Hungary | ||
István Kocsis (born 6 October 1949 in Csorna, died 9 June 1994 in Csorna) is a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup where Hungary was eliminated in the first round.His nickname is Sandor and also 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); 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 at the age of 45 of cancer.
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