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.[1] Only Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (117), fellow countryman Ferenc Puskás (84), and Poland's Robert Lewandowski (77) 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 Ferenc Puskás.
On 20 November 1949, Kocsis scored his first international hat-trick against Sweden during a Friendly match.[2] 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.[3]
Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kocsis goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition | scope=col class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6 June 1948 | 9–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 May 1949 | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 19 June 1949 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 20 November 1949 | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 30 April 1950 | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 15 May 1950 | 3–5 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 24 September 1950 | 12–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 14 | 27 May 1951 | 6–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | 14 October 1951 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 16 | 18 November 1951 | 8–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 17 | 18 May 1952 | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 15 June 1952 | 5–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 21 | 22 June 1952 | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 22 | 15 July 1952 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 23 | 21 July 1952 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 24 | 24 July 1952 | 7–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 25 | 28 July 1952 | 6–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 27 | 20 September 1952 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 28 | 19 October 1952 | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 35 | 31 | 5 July 1953 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 36 | 23 May 1954 | 7–1 | ||||||||||||||
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| 38 | 37 | 17 June 1954 | 9–0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 41 | 38 | 20 June 1954 | 8–3 | ||||||||||||||
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| 45 | 39 | 27 June 1954 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
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| 47 | 40 | 30 June 1954 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
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| 49 | 42 | 19 September 1954 | 5–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 51 | 43 | 26 September 1954 | Dynamo Stadium, Moscow | 1–1 | |||||||||||||
| 52 | 44 | 10 October 1954 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||
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| 54 | 45 | 24 October 1954 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 55 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 57 | 46 | 14 November 1954 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 58 | 47 | 8 December 1954 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 59 | 49 | 8 May 1955 | 5–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 60 | 50 | 11 May 1955 | 7–3 | ||||||||||||||
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| 63 | 51 | 15 May 1955 | 6–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 65 | 53 | 29 May 1955 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 66 | 54 | 17 September 1955 | 5–4 | ||||||||||||||
| 67 | 56 | 2 October 1955 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 68 | 57 | 16 October 1955 | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 69 | 62 | 3 June 1956 | 4–5 | ||||||||||||||
| 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 71 | 63 | 9 June 1956 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 72 | 64 | 15 July 1956 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 74 | 65 | 16 September 1956 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 75 | 67 | 7 October 1956 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 2–1 |
(* Non-FIFA match)
See also: List of Hungary national football team hat-tricks.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Goals | Result | Competition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungária, Budapest, Hungary | data-sort-value="Sweden" | data-sort-value="15" | 3 – (9', 49', 56') | 5–0 | Friendly | [4] | ||
| 2 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | data-sort-value="Finland" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (49', 80', 84') | 6–1 | [5] | |||
| 3 | Megyeri úti Stadion, Hungary | data-sort-value="Czechoslovakia" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (27', 37', 78') | 5–0 | [6] | |||
| 4 | Hardturm Stadium, Zürich, Switzerland | data-sort-value="South Korea" | data-sort-value="45" | 3 – (24', 36', 50') | 9–0 | 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage | [7] | ||
| 5 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland | data-sort-value="West Germany" | data-sort-value="62" | 4 – (3', 21', 68', 77') | 8–3 | 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage | [8] | ||
| 6 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | data-sort-value="Czechoslovakia" | data-sort-value="62" | 3 – (11', 60', 74') | 4–1 | Friendly | [9] | ||
| 7 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | data-sort-value="Sweden" | data-sort-value="62" | 3 – (16', 29', 81') | 7–3 | [10] | |||
| Hungary national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1948 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1949 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1950 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1951 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1952 | 12 | 16 | |
| 1953 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1954 | 14 | 23 | |
| 1955 | 12 | 10 | |
| 1956 | 9 | 7 | |
| Total | 68 | 75 | |
| Competition | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | 50 | |
| Balkan Cup | 2 | |
| Dr. Gerö Cup | 6 | |
| 1952 Summer Olympics | 6 | |
| FIFA World Cup | 11 | |
| Total | 75 |