Ishtvan Shandor Explained

Ishtvan Shandor should not be confused with István Sándor (footballer, born 1986).

Ishtvan Sandor
Fullname:Ishtvan Jorovich Sandor
Birth Date:19 August 1944
Birth Place:Csepe, Zakarpattia Ukraine
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1966
Clubs1:Polissya Zhytomyr
Caps1:36
Goals1:0
Years2:1967–1969
Clubs2:Avtomobilist
Caps2:64
Goals2:6
Years3:1970
Clubs3:Spartak Sumy
Caps3:?
Goals3:1
Years4:1970
Clubs4:Avtomobilist
Caps4:9
Goals4:0
Years5:1971
Clubs5:Spartak Sumy
Caps5:?
Goals5:4
Years6:1972–1973
Clubs6:Frunzenets
Caps6:?
Goals6:9
Pcupdate:1973
Manageryears1:197?–1978
Manageryears2:1981
Manageryears3:1984–1987
Manageryears4:1988–1989
Manageryears5:1992–1993
Managerclubs5:Diósgyőr

Ishtvan Jorovich Shandor (Hungarian: Sándor István; Ukrainian: Іштван Дьордьович Шандор; born 19 August 1944) is a Ukrainian former football player and coach of Hungarian origin. He was awarded the honorary title of the Master of Sports of the USSR.

Biography

He started playing football in his youth in his native Zakarpattia Oblast. In 1966 he was invited to the “Polissya” team (Zhytomyr).[1] In 1970 he played for Spartak, Sumy for a short time. After the end of his professional career as a football player, he was appointed as a coach of Hoverla (Uzhhorod), which then played in the second league of the USSR Football Championship (197? -1978).

He became an assistant of the second league team Spartak (Ivano-Frankivsk) in 1979. In 1981 he was the head coach of Spartak, which was then called "Prykarpattia" and played in the first league, served on the teams of Bukovina (Chernivsky) (1982–1983), Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1984–1987) and Zirka Kirovohrad (1988–1989).

After settling in Hungary, he was the coach of Nyíregyháza, Diósgyőr and then Stadler. He became a MTK player observer in 1998. He led the BVSC team in the second half of the year. He has been leading the Csongrád team since the summer of 1999. He held this position until June 2001, when he became the coach of Nyíregyháza again.

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012040/http://ukr-football.org.ua/index.php?option=com%20content&view=article&id=9325:-1944&catid=2:2011-11-18-14-04-27&Itemid=27 Історія та статистика українського футболу