He was the first Hungarian in a decade to enter the Premier League and, for his impressive form on the international stage, Iain Dowie paid £750,000 to MTK Budapest for his services and awarded him the number nine shirt.Like Kozma, Torghelle found English football difficult to adjust to. For the women's team, see Andy Johnson started scoring regularly and Palace went for a formation that incorporated one striker, meaning Torghelle was the odd one out. After the Olympics 1988, the football event was changed into a tournament, with participation only for the Under-23 national teams. Just 18 matches and three years later, he was gone, signing for Szombathelyi Haladás on a three-and-a-half-year contract.Keeper Kurucz makes the list by virtue of a solitary game, coming on as a substitute for Robert Green at Upton Park in a 4–0 defeat to Manchester United. When he did get a start, against Charlton in the League Cup, he scored. *In 1949, 1950 and 1963 the title was awarded to two players. Kozma was the Hungarian trailblazer, the first of his countrymen to enter the brave new world of the English Premier League.
Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year. He’s now back in Hungary playing for Ferencváros.Halmosi started his English career with Plymouth Argyle, joining as their record signing at £400,000.
Football historians often relate to the 27 goals (5.4 gls / game) and a goal differential of +17 as records likely never to be passed in the more preventive modern game. The combination of the colours represent the Hungarian flag. Thus, at the moment he is the most valuable Hungarian football player – according to hvg.hu. Hungary was the first team from outside the United Kingdom and The trainer responsible for gelling together the elements of the Hungarian side on the 1950s, Hungary owns the records for quality in offensive throughput in a single World Cup finals competition. The Hungarian team played their first official game on October 12, 1902 in Vienna against Austria, a match that was resolved with 5-0 for the Austrians. 27.8 Tamás Priskin, scorer of a goal in the second leg, dedicated it to the respected keeper.Yet another keeper, Bogdan has had over a decade in the English game.
greatest achievements are the three gold medals in the 1952, 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, and the runner-up in the 1938 and 1954 World Cups. He left Ferencváros in a £1.5m deal to West Brom in 2004 and spent the next ten years playing in England.In his first spell at West Brom, he was phenomenal, scoring within three minutes of his first start against Spurs. After his Anfield dream ended, he forged a good career in Cyprus, standing out in APOEL’s double-winning season.Torghelle was a striker of whom much was expected at Crystal Palace. He went on to score 25 goals in his six seasons in England before a move to Russia.