Gyula Zsengellér
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| Full name | Gyula Zsengellér | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1915 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cegléd, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 March 1999 (aged 83) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nicosia, Cyprus | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 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
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| * 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.