Sándor Torghelle

Sándor Torghelle

Torghelle with MTK Budapest in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-05-05) 5 May 1982
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 MTK Budapest
Number 14
Youth career
0000–1999 Marcali
1999–2002 Honvéd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Honvéd 18 (4)
2001–2002 Marcali 22 (7)
2002–2003 Honvéd 27 (10)
2003–2004 MTK Budapest 22 (9)
2004–2005 Crystal Palace 12 (0)
2005–2006 → Panathinaikos (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 PAOK 24 (1)
2007–2008 Carl Zeiss Jena 27 (8)
2008–2010 FC Augsburg 48 (14)
2010–2011 Fortuna Düsseldorf 16 (1)
2011 → Fortuna Düsseldorf II (loan) 1 (0)
2011 Honvéd 6 (3)
2012–2014 Videoton 35 (8)
2014– MTK Budapest 58 (34)
National team‡
1999–2000 Hungary U17 9 (2)
2000–2001 Hungary U19 3 (1)
2002–2003 Hungary U21 7 (2)
2004–2010 Hungary 42 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2012

Sándor Torghelle (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor ˈtorɡɛlːɛ]; nicknamed as 'The Lord of the Air; born 5 May 1982) is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a striker for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club MTK Budapest.

During his career, he has played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, and Videoton.

He played 42 games for the Hungary national football team between 2004 and 2010.

Career

Crystal Palace

Torghelle 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. He scored only one goal in a League Cup match against Charlton, but the referee sent him off late in the game for diving.[1]

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 him, so he spent the whole season in Greece.[2] However, he failed to impress, and Panathinaikos chose not to make the deal permanent.

PAOK

Torghelle was transferred to PAOK Thessaloniki FC in Greece and handed a three-year contract, being one of the three players that were traded for the transfer of striker Dimitris Salpingidis.[3]

He was also famous for his failure to score even a single goal since he was transferred from Crystal Palace, yet this "curse" was lifted when he scored in a PAOK-Olympiakos derby in early 2007. He left PAOK at the end of the 2006–07 season for the German 2. Bundesliga team FC Carl Zeiss Jena. There, he finally met the expectations, scoring five goals and giving three assists (as at 2. Bundesliga matchday 12 of the 2007–08 season).

Honvéd

Despite already having played for several Hungarian and foreign clubs, Torghelle still felt particularly attached to his home club Budapest Honvéd and declared that once back in Hungary, he would like to play for that club again.[4]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 17 May 2010, Torghelle signed with Fortuna Düsseldorf, leaving FC Augsburg after two years.

International career

Torghelle has made 42 appearances for the Hungary national football team.[5] He was one of its most able strikers, with an excellent instinct for scoring goals, but rather hot-headed on the pitch and therefore frequently being sent off. As for his goals, he scored several decisive ones during the 2010 World Cup Qualification campaign, such as against Albania and Malta. He came to prominence after scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory over Germany in a friendly match in 2004.

Club statistics

As of 6 December 2014
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Honvéd 2000–01 251000000251
2001–02 194000000194
2002–03 27102000203110
2011–12 6300000063
Total 84182000208818
MTK Budapest 2003–04 2292200212612
2013–14 107210000128
2014–15 103203000153
Total 42196330215323
Crystal Palace 2004–05 120010000120
Total 120000000120
Panathinaikos 2005–06 110000050160
Total 110000050160
PAOK 2006–07 231000000231
Total 231000000231
CZ Jena 2007–08 278110000289
Total 278110000289
Augsburg 2008–09 277000000277
2009–10 217210000238
Total 48142100005015
Düsseldorf 2010–11 161100000171
Total 161100000171
Videoton 2011–12 91326400187
2012–13 2164070100426
2013–14 50104100101
Total 357821751007014
Career totals 2986820720519135781

International statistics

National Team Performance
Team Year Friendlies International
Competition		 Total
App Conceded App Conceded App Conceded
Hungary 2009 2 0 2 1 4 1
2008 1 1 4 2 5 3
2007 — — — — 0 0
2006 3 0 4 1 7 1
2005 3 1 4 1 7 2
2004 8 3 3 1 11 4
Total 17 5 17 6 34 11
International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 April 2004 Budapest  Brazil 1–3 1–4 Friendly
2 6 June 2004 Kaiserslautern  Germany 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3 6 June 2004 Kaiserslautern  Germany 2–0 2–0 Friendly
4 8 September 2004 Budapest  Iceland 2–1 3–2 FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
5 15 August 2005 Budapest  Argentina 1–1 1–2 Friendly
6 3 September 2005 Budapest  Malta 1–0 4–0 FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
7 11 October 2006 Ta'Qali  Malta 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
8 11 October 2008 Budapest  Albania 1–0 2–0 FIFA World Cup 2010 Qual.
9 15 October 2008 Ta'Qali  Malta 1–0 1–0 FIFA World Cup 2010 Qual.
10 19 November 2008 Belfast  Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
11 28 March 2009 Tirana  Albania 1–0 1–0 FIFA World Cup 2010 Qual.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Charlton 1-2 Crystal Palace". BBC. 27 October 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Torghelle a Panathinaikoszhoz szerződikt" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Torghelle a PAOK-hoz igazolt" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Torghelle a görög idényéről [Video report with Torghelle]" (in Hungarian). videa.hu. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Hungary - Record International Players". RSSSF.


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