Gyula Zsengellér

Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér
Personal information
Full name Gyula Zsengellér
Date of birth (1915-12-27)27 December 1915
Place of birth Cegléd, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 29 March 1999(1999-03-29) (aged 83)
Place of death Nicosia, Cyprus
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1936 Salgótarjáni TC 24 (19)
1936–1947 Újpest FC 301 (368)
1947–1949 A.S. Roma 34 (6)
1949–1950 AC Ancona 30 (18)
1951–1953 Deportivo Samarios 37 (23)
Total 426 (434)
International career
1936–1947 Hungary 39 (32)
Managerial career
1950 Cosenza
1951–1953 Deportivo Samarios (player-manager)
1953–1954 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1955–1957 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1957–1959 Nea Salamis FC
1959–1960 Cosenza
1960–1961 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1961–1962 Salernitana
1962–1964 US Sarom Ravenna
1964–1965 Apollon Kalamarias
1965–1966 APOEL FC
1966–1968 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1968–1969 Niki Volos
1969–1970 Anorthosis Famagusta
1970 Pezoporikos Larnaca
1970–1971 Cosenza (assistant)
1971 Niki Volos
1972–1974 Olympiacos Volos
1974–1976 APOEL FC
1976–1979 APOP Paphos
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1938 France
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gyula Zsengellér (27 December 1915 – 29 March 1999) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker. A historic player of Újpest FC, he scored 387 goals in the Hungarian league between 1935 and 1947, making him the league's third-highest goalscorer of all-time. He was also a member of the Hungary national team that reached the final of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, being the tournament's second-highest scorer. Zsengellér also was the last surviving player of the Hungarian side that played the 1938 World Cup final.

After finishing his playing career, he worked as a coach for several clubs in Italy and Cyprus, guiding Pezoporikos Larnaca to a championship title and APOEL FC to a cup.