Vilmos Zombori
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1906 | ||
Place of birth | Temesvár, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 17 January 1993 (aged 87) | ||
Playing position | goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1919-1925 | Chinezul Timişoara | ||
1925-1926 | Sparta CFR Timişoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1926-1929 | Chinezul Timişoara | ||
1929-1938 | Ripensia Timişoara | 44 | (5) |
1938-1939 | ILSA Timişoara | ||
1945-1947 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
National team | |||
1926-1935 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Vilmos Zombori (born 11 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania - deceased 17 January 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also known as William Zombory.
Biography
At club level, he spent his career in Liga I with Chinezul Timişoara and Ripensia Timişoara.
With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to play in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. During this competition, the team were eliminated in the first round, after a 2-1 defeat to Czechoslovakia.
Record
As of 5 September 2010, he holds the record for the most goals scored by a goalkeeper in the Romanian First League, with a total of 5.[1]
Honours
- Champion of Romania (three times) : 1926-27, 1932–33, 1934–35
- Romanian Cup (once) : 1933-34