Sándor Kocsis was a footballer who represented the Hungary national football team as a striker between 1948 and 1956. He scored his first international goal on 6 June 1948, during a 1948 Balkan Cup match against Romania. Since then, he has become his country's second top scorer in international football, and the fourth overall men's international goalscorer in Europe, having scored 75 goals in 68 appearances for Hungary. Only Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (146), Belgium's Romelu Lukaku (93), Poland's Robert Lewandowski (89), England's Harry Kane (85) and his fellow countryman Ferenc Puskás (84), have netted more international goals in Europe than him. When he retired, he was the world's second all-time top goal scorer, only behind teammate Puskás.

On 20 November 1949, Kocsis scored his first international hat-trick against Sweden during a Friendly match. He has scored a national record of seven international hat-tricks, and on one occasion, four international goals in a single match, on 20 June 1954, during a 1954 World Cup match against the eventual champions, West Germany.

International goals

Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kocsis goal. + List of international goals scored by Sándor Kocsis No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1 6 June 1948 Hungária, Budapest 9–0 1948 Balkan Cup 2 3 2 2 May 1949 Hungária, Budapest 6–1 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 4 4 19 June 1949 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 2–2 Friendly 5 7 20 November 1949 Hungária, Budapest 5–0 6 7 8 8 30 April 1950 5–0 9 10 9 15 May 1950 Praterstadion, Vienna 3–5 11 11 24 September 1950 Hungária, Budapest 12–0 12 13 14 27 May 1951 Hungária, Budapest 6–0 14 15 15 14 October 1951 Městský stadion, Ostrava 2–1 16 17 16 18 November 1951 Hungária, Budapest 8–0 18 19 17 18 May 1952 Hungária, Budapest 5–0 20 20 15 June 1952 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw 5–1 21 22 21 22 June 1952 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 6–1 23 24 25 22 15 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku 2–1 1952 Summer Olympics preliminary round 26 23 21 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki 3–0 1952 Summer Olympics first round 27 24 24 July 1952 Urheilukeskus, Kotka 7–1 1952 Summer Olympics quarter finals 28 29 25 28 July 1952 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 6–0 1952 Summer Olympics semi finals 30 31 27 20 September 1952 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4–2 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 32 28 19 October 1952 Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest 5–0 Friendly 33 34 35 31 5 July 1953 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 4–2 36 36 23 May 1954 Népstadion, Budapest 7–1 Hungary v England (1954) 37 38 37 17 June 1954 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich 9–0 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage 39 40 41 38 20 June 1954 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 8–3 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage 42 43 44 45 39 27 June 1954 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4–2 1954 FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal 46 47 40 30 June 1954 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 4–2 1954 FIFA World Cup Semi Final 48 49 42 19 September 1954 Népstadion, Budapest 5–1 Friendly 50 51 43 26 September 1954 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow 1–1 52 44 10 October 1954 Népstadion, Budapest 3–0 53 54 45 24 October 1954 4–1 55 56 57 46 14 November 1954 4–1 58 47 8 December 1954 Hampden Park, Glasgow 4–2 59 49 8 May 1955 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 5–0 60 50 11 May 1955 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 7–3 61 62 63 51 15 May 1955 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 6–0 64 65 53 29 May 1955 Népstadion, Budapest 3–1 66 54 17 September 1955 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 5–4 1955–60 Dr. Gerö Cup 67 56 2 October 1955 Great Strahov Stadium, Prague 3–1 68 57 16 October 1955 Népstadion, Budapest 6–1 69 62 3 June 1956 Stade du Heysel, Brussels 4–5 Friendly 70 71 63 9 June 1956 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon 2–2 72 64 15 July 1956 Népstadion, Budapest 4–1 73 74 65 16 September 1956 Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 3–1 1955–60 Dr. Gerö Cup 75 67 7 October 1956 Parc des Princes, Paris 2–1 Friendly

(* Non-FIFA match)

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 Hungária, Budapest, Hungary 3 – (9', 49', 56') 5–0 Friendly 2 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 3 – (49', 80', 84') 6–1 3 Megyeri úti Stadion, Hungary 3 – (27', 37', 78') 5–0 4 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich, Switzerland 3 – (24', 36', 50') 9–0 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage 5 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland 4 – (3', 21', 68', 77') 8–3 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage 6 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary 3 – (11', 60', 74') 4–1 Friendly 7 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 3 – (16', 29', 81') 7–3

Statistics

Hungary national teamYearAppsGoals194812194965195065195136195212161953511954142319551210195697Total6875

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 50 Balkan Cup 2 Dr. Gerö Cup 6 1952 Summer Olympics 6 FIFA World Cup 11 Total 75

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

References