István Kocsis
Personal information
Full name	István Kocsis
Date of birth	October 6, 1949(1949-10-06)
Place of birth	Csorna, Hungary
Date of death	June 9, 1994 (aged 44)
Place of death	Csorna, Hungary
Height	1m82cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
1966-1968	Csornai MEDOSZ
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1975 1975-1981 1981-1983 1983-1984 1988-1990	Pécsi Mecsek FC Budapest Honvéd FC Lierse SK FC Sopron Ostbahn 11	156 (10) 187 (1) - (-) - (-) - (-)
National team
1977-1983	Hungary	20 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

István Kocsis (born October 06, 1949 in Csorna) (died June 9, 1994 in Csorna) is a Hungarian football player who participated in the 1978 World Cup where Hungary was eliminated in the first round.

From 1975 to 1981, he played for Budapest Honvéd FC before moving to Belgium where he played for Lierse SK for one and half season; after which he decided to return to Hungary to play forFC Sopron, before ending his career in a lower-class Austrian team.

He died at the age of 45 of cancer.

[edit] References

• István Kocsis Profile
• FIFA Official Website
• Magyar Version of Wikipedia

v • d • e Hungary squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Gujdár • 2 Török • 3 Kocsis • 4 J. Tóth • 5 Zombori • 6 Kereki • 7 Fazekas • 8 Nyilasi • 9 Törőcsik • 10 Pinter • 11 Várady • 12 Martos • 13 Csapó • 14 Bálint • 15 Rab • 16 Halász • 17 Pusztai • 18 Nagy • 19 A. Tóth • 20 Fülöp • 21 Mészáros • 22 Kovács • Coach: Baróti

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