Géza Toldi (11 February 1909 – 16 August 1985) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward.[2] He played for Ferencvárosi TC, and from 1934 to 1938 for the Hungarian national team, serving as captain in 1936. He scored a goal in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Géza Toldi
Geza in 1928
Personal information
Date of birth (1909-02-11)11 February 1909
Place of birth Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 16 August 1985(1985-08-16) (aged 76)
Place of death Budapest, Hungary
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1939 Ferencvárosi TC 214 (203)
1939–1941 Gamma FC 36 (22)
1941–1942 Szegedi AK 30 (24)
1942–1943 Ferencvárosi TC 11 (10)
1945–1946 Zuglói MADISZ 32 (11)
Total 323 (270[1])
International career
1929–1940 Hungary 46 (25)
Managerial career
Zuglói MADISZ
1949–1950 Vaasan Palloseura
1950–1954 Odense Boldklub
1954–1956 AGF
1956–1957 Zamalek SC
1957 Flyserd IF
1957–1958 Belgium
1958–1960 K. Berchem Sport
1960–1964 AGF
1965–1967 Viby IF
1967–1969 B 1909
1970–1971 IK Skovbakken
1972–1975 Braedstrup Horsens
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1938 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He grew up in the railway houses of Avar Street in Buda, Németvölgy. He began playing football in his place of residence, featuring for one of the local teams, ITE, in the fourth division of the youth championship, and he was pivotal in helping the club climb one division at a time almost every year, and in 1928 they also won the first division championship.

In 1928, he was noticed at the youth federation's Christmas round-robin tournament. He received offers from several teams, including Oradea and Ferencvárosi, and in the end, he chose the latter, staying with them for more than a decade, until 1939, and again from 1942 to 1943. He played in a total of 324 Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches, scoring 270 goals.[1]

In 1939, Ferencvárosi lost 1-3 at the home of Bologna. In the second leg, the player, who was already considered "old," was added to the team due to injury. Ferencváros won 4-1, and the goals were all scored by Géza Toldi.

International career

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Between 1929 and 1940, he earned 46 caps for Hungary and scored a total of 25 goals.[3] The highlight of his international career came in the 1936-38 edition, where he scored 5 goals, a tally that includes a hat-tricks against Austria in a 5-3 win on 27 September 1936.[4] With 10 goals in the Central European Cup, he is among the top goal scorers in the competition's history. Toldi was also part of the Hungary team that played in two World Cups in the 1930s, in 1934 and in 1938, helping his nation reach the final of the latter, which they lost 2-4 to Italy.[5]

Managerial career

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Between 1950 and 1954 he coached Danish top-flight side Odense Boldklub, before he became head coach for AGF Aarhus from 1954 to 1956, where he became the first coach to win the Danish double and in his first season in 1954–55, which also was the first championship and Danish Cup tournament AGF had won. He went on to win his second Danish Championship with AGF in 1955–56, then took over as head coach of Zamalek in 1956–57, and won with the Cairo giants the 1957 Egypt Cup. He then went on and coached the Belgium national football team, the "Red Devils", for six games from 27 October 1957 to 26 May 1958. He was succeeded by Constant Vanden Stock.[6]

Thereafter, he became coach of the Belgian first division team K. Berchem Sport in 1958–59 and 1959–60, before he once again returned to Denmark to coach AGF Aarhus from 1960 to 1964, winning the double in 1960 and thus becoming the most successful coach in the club's very long history. He also coached B 1909.[7]

International goals

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Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sárosi goal.
list of international goals scored by Géza Toldi[3]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 14 April 1929 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland    Switzerland
3–2
5–4 1927-30 Central European Cup
2 3 13 April 1930 Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
1–1
2–2 Friendly
3
2–1
4 5 8 June 1930 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary   Netherlands
4–1
6–2
5 8 20 March 1932 Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia   Czechoslovakia
3–1
3–1
6 10 8 May 1932 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary   Italy
1–1
1–1 1931-32 Central European Cup
7 12 18 September 1932 Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia   Czechoslovakia
1–1
2–1
8 14 2 July 1933 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden   Sweden
2–2
2–5 Friendly
9 18 25 March 1934 Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, Bulgaria   Bulgaria
3–1
4–1 1934 World Cup qualifying
10 22 29 April 1934 Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples, Italy   Egypt
2–0
4–2 1934 World Cup round of 16
11
4–2
12 24 7 October 1934 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary   Austria
3–1
3–1 1933-35 Central European Cup
13 25 12 May 1935 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary
6–3
6–3 Friendly
14 27 6 October 1935 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria   Austria
1–0
4–4 1933-35 Central European Cup
15 28 10 November 1935 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary    Switzerland
2–0
6–1 Friendly
16 31 27 September 1936   Austria
1–1
5–3 1936-38 Central European Cup
17
2–2
18
4–2
19 32 4 October 1936 Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania   Romania
2–1
2–1 Friendly
20 33 18 October 1936 Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia   Czechoslovakia
2–2
2–5 1936-38 Central European Cup
21 34 6 December 1936 Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland   Irish Free State
3–1
3–2 Friendly
22 38 14 November 1937 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary    Switzerland
2–0
2–0 1936-38 Central European Cup
23 30 20 March 1938 Stadion der Hitlerjugend, Nuremberg, Germany   Germany
1–1
1–1 Friendly
24 40 5 June 1938 Stade Municipal Velodrome, Reims, France   Dutch East Indies
2–0
6–0 1938 World Cup round of 16
25 57 7 April 1940 Berlin, Berlin, Germany   Germany
1–1
2–2 Friendly

Honours

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Player

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Club

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Ferencváros

International

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Hungary

Individual

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Manager

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Zamalek

References

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  1. ^ a b "Toldi Géza - Nemzeti Labdarúgó Archívum". nela.hu. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Italy". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Géza Toldi". football.eu. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Hungary vs Austria, 27 September 1936". EU-football.info. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ^ "World Cup 1938 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Géza Toldi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b c "The versatile virtuoso of Hungary & FTC". FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990" [Hungarian Biographical Lexicon 1000-1990]. mek.oszk.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 June 2022.