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Date of birth
  
11 January 1906

Years
  
Team

Date of death
  
January 17, 1993

1925-1926
  
Sparta CFR Timisoara

Position
  
Goalkeeper

1919-1925
  
Chinezul Timisoara

Role
  
Footballer

Playing position
  
goalkeeper

Name
  
Vilmos Zombori


Place of birth
  
Temesvar, Austria-Hungary

Vilmos Zombori (11 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) – 17 January 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also known as William Zombory.

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Biography

At club level, he spent his career in Liga I with Chinezul Timişoara and Ripensia Timişoara.

With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to play in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. During this competition, the team were eliminated in the first round, after a 2-1 defeat to Czechoslovakia.

Record

As of 5 September 2010, he holds the record for the most goals scored by a goalkeeper in the Romanian First League, with a total of 5.

Honours

  • Champion of Romania (three times) : 1926-27, 1932–33, 1934–35
  • Romanian Cup (once) : 1933-34
  • References

    Vilmos Zombori Wikipedia