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Vilmos Zombori

Vilmos Zombori (11 January 1906 – 17 January 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also known as William Zombory.

Vilmos Zombori
Personal information
Date of birth 11 January 1906 (1906-01-11)
Place of birth Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 17 January 1993 (1993-01-18) (aged 87)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1919–1925 Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1926 Sparta CFR Timișoara
1926–1930 Chinezul Timișoara[a] 11 (0)
1930–1938 Ripensia Timișoara 44 (5)
1938–1939 ILSA Timișoara
1945–1947 Politehnica Timișoara
Total 55 (5)
International career
1926–1935 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
1949–1951 Vulturii Lugoj
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Vilmos Zombori was born on 11 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), growing up in a family in which he had eight brothers.[2][3][4] He started to play junior level football in 1919 at Chinezul Timișoara, starting his senior career in 1925 in the regional league at Sparta CFR Timișoara.[2] After one year he went back at Chinezul, being brought as a replacement for Adalbert Ritter, winning the 1926–27 title, being used by coaches Frontz Dőme and Jenő Konrád in 11 games.[1][2][5][6][7]

In 1930, Zombori went at Ripensia Timișoara, winning the 1932–33 title, being the first-choice goalkeeper, coach Konrád using him in 11 games in which he scored one goal, including playing in the final with Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][7][8] In the following season he helped the team reach the 1934 Cupa României final, playing in both victories with Universitatea Cluj, winning the cup.[2][9] In the 1934–35 season he won another title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer giving him only seven appearances in which he scored one goal, as Dumitru Pavlovici was first-choice goalkeeper, also the team reached the Cupa României final where he played and scored a goal in the 6–5 loss with CFR București.[1][2][10][11][12] Next season, Zombori helped Ripensia win The Double, being given eight appearances by coaches Wetzer and Konrád, but in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final, his competitor, Pavlovici was preferred.[1][2][10][11][13] In the 1936–37 season, Zombori scored two goals in five games, then in his last season he made only one appearance, coach Sepp Pojar preferring to use Pavlovici in the other games.[1][2][10]

He ended his career after playing a few years in the Romanian lower leagues at ILSA Timișoara and Politehnica Timișoara.[2][3][4]

Record

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With five goals scored, Zombori is the goalkeeper with most goals scored in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A.[2][3][4][14][15]

International career

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Vilmos Zombori played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Teofil Morariu on 3 October 1926 in a 3–2 win over Yugoslavia at the friendly King Alexander's Cup.[16][17] He then played in a 5–1 victory with Hungary at the successful 1931–34 Central European Cup for Amateurs.[16][18] Zombori played in a 2–2 with Switzerland at the successful 1934 World Cup qualifiers, being selected by coaches Josef Uridil and Constantin Rădulescu to be part of the squad at the final tournament where he played in a first round exit as they were defeated with 2–1 by eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia.[3][16] At the 1934–35 Balkan Cup which was hosted by Greece, Romania had to face Yugoslavia in the last game of the tournament which if won could have earned them the trophy, but its goalkeeper Anghel Crețeanu got injured, so coach Alexandru Săvulescu asked for Andrei Sepci and Zombori to come for the game.[19] Eventually Zombori played in the game with the Yugoslavs which ended with a 4–0 loss, that being his last appearance for the national team.[16][19]

After retirement

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After he ended his playing career, Zombori worked from 1949 until 1951 as a coach at Vulturii Lugoj, afterwards working until 1957 as a referee.[20]

Death

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Vilmos Zombori died on 17 January 1993 at age 87.[2][3][4]

Honours

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Chinezul Timișoara

Ripensia Timișoara

Romania

Individual

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the statistics for the 1926–27 Divizia A season are available.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Vilmos Zombori at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e "William Zombory, portarul-golgheter care a fost campion al României atât cu Chinezul, cât și cu Ripensia Timișoara" [William Zombory, the goalkeeper-scorer who was champion of Romania both with the Chinese and with Ripensia Timișoara] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Zombory, portarul-golgeter, campion cu Chinezul și Ripensia" [Zombory, the goalkeeper-scorer, champion with the Chinese and Ripensia] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Cornel Lazăr, creatorul marilor Chinezul şi Ripensia. Un vizionar al fotbalului românesc" [Cornel Lazăr, the creator of the great Chinese and Ripensia. A visionary of Romanian football] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Timișoara, regina fotbalului românesc interbelic" [Timisoara, the queen of interwar Romanian football] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Jenő Konrád profile". WorldFootball. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  8. ^ "RETRO GSP. 87 de ani de când finala campionatului de fotbal a fost eclipsată de un derby de trap" [RETRO GSP. 87 years since the football championship final was overshadowed by a trot derby] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1933-1934". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b "CFR Cluj, ca Rapidul pe vremea lui "Il Luce"! Un record vechi de 20 de ani a fost egalat! Performanţa imposibilă realizată de clujeni" [CFR Cluj, like Rapid in the time of "Il Luce"! A 20-year-old record has been matched! The impossible performance achieved by the people from Cluj] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1934-1935". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1935-1936". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Imaginea uitată în arhivă » Dovada că Duckadam a marcat din penalty la câteva zile după ce apărase patru la Sevilla" [Forgotten archived image »Proof that Duckadam scored from a penalty just days after defending four in Sevilla] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Cine sunt portarii care au marcat în Liga 1 Betano! De la cine s-a inspirat Mirko Pigliacelli" [Who are the goalkeepers that scored in Betano League 1! From whom Mirko Pigliacelli was inspired] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Vilmos Zombori". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Yugoslavia 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  18. ^ a b "1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Andrei Sepci – legenda fotbalului clujean a învăţat abc-ul sportului cu balonul rotund la Satu Mare" [Andrei Sepci - the Cluj football legend learned the ABC of the sport with the round ball in Satu Mare] (in Romanian). Gazetanord-vest.ro/. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Aniversarea unei legende: William Zombory" [The anniversary of a legend: William Zombory] (in Romanian). Banatsport.ro. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  21. ^ a b c Vilmos Zombori at National-Football-Teams.com
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