Sándor Torghelle

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Sándor Torghelle (born May 5, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian footballer, playing as a striker. He came to prominence after scoring both goals in a 2-0 victory over Germany in a friendly match in 2004.

He spent one season playing for Crystal Palace F.C., after being signed from MTK Hungária in August 2004 for a fee of roughly £750,000. He wore the number 10 shirt, that of a first-choice striker, but found it hard to gain a regular place in the Crystal Palace starting eleven with Andy Johnson often playing as a lone striker.

After 12 months at Palace, Torghelle was first stripped of his first-team squad number (given number 30, while 10 went to new signing Jon Macken), and shortly after was loaned out to Panathinaikos in Greece for the 2005-06 season. In the deal, there was no clause for re-calling Sándor, and, thus, he spent the whole season in Greece. However, Torghelle failed to impress, and Panathinaikos chose not to make the deal permanent. Torghelle was transferred to PAOK FC in Greece and handed a 3-year contract, being one of the three players that were traded for the transfer of striker Dimitris Salpingidis.

Torghelle was also famous for his failure to score even a single goal since he was transferred to Crystal Palace , yet this "curse" was lifted when he scored in a PAOK-Olympiakos derby in early 2007.

[edit] International goals

**Sándor Torghelle: International Goals**
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Budapest	Brazil	1-4	Loss	Friendly
2	6 June 2004	Budapest	Germany	2-0	Win	Friendly
3	6 June 2004	Budapest	Germany	2-0	Win	Friendly
4	8 September 2004	Budapest	Iceland	3-2	Win	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
5	15 August 2005	Budapest	Argentina	1-2	Loss	Friendly
6	3 September 2005	Budapest	Malta	4-0	Win	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
7	11 October 2006	Ta'Qali	Malta	1-2	Loss	UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.