Sándor Torghelle

Sándor Torghelle ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 5 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Videoton, and Vasas. He played 42 games for the Hungary national team between 2004 and 2010.

Club career

Crystal Palace

After developing in Hungary and playing for Budapest Honvéd, Marcali VFC and MTK Hungária, Torghelle signed for Crystal Palace, in August 2004 for a fee of roughly £750,000. He caught their eyes after scoring both goals for Hungary national team in their shock international friendly 2–0 victory over Germany in Kaiserslautern before UEFA Euro 2004.<ref name="Hungary shock Germany">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, he failed to impress, and Panathinaikos chose not to make the deal permanent.

PAOK

Torghelle was transferred to PAOK in Greece and handed a three-year contract, being one of the three players that were traded for the transfer of striker Dimitris Salpingidis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 2. Bundesliga team Carl Zeiss Jena. There, he finally met the expectations, scoring eight goals over the course of the 2007–08 2. Bundesliga season. Carl Zeiss Jena finished in last place and was relegated to the new 3. Liga.

FC Augsburg

Torghelle transferred to 2. Bundesliga team FC Augsburg before the start of the 2008–09 season. He played two seasons for the largest team in Swabian Bavaria.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 17 May 2010, Torghelle left FC Augsburg and signed with another 2. Bundesliga team Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Budapest Honvéd

Torghelle signed with former club Honvéd in August 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That reunion was short-lived and he signed for fellow Hungarian National Championship team Videoton FC in January 2012.

International career

Torghelle made 42 appearances for the Hungary national team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Hungary shock Germany"/>

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Budapest Honvéd	1999–2000<ref name="nft">Template:NFT</ref><ref name="wf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	7	0			–		–		–		7	0
	2000–01<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	1			–		–		–		21	1
	2001–02<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	18	4			–		–		–		18	4
	2002–03<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	27	10			–		2	0	–		29	10
	Total		73	15					2	0	0	0	75	15
Marcali IFC (loan)	2000–01<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	10	7			–		–		–		10	7
	2001–02<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	22	7			–		–		–		22	7
	Total		32	14					0	0	0	0	32	14
MTK Budapest	2003–04<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	22	9			–		6	1	–		28	10
Crystal Palace	2004–05<ref name="wf"/>	Premier League	12	0	0	0	3	1	–		–		15	1
Panathinaikos (loan)	2005–06<ref name="wf"/>	Alpha Ethniki	11	0			–		5	0	–		16	0
PAOK	2006–07<ref name="wf"/>	Superleague Greece	24	1			–		–		–		24	1
Carl Zeiss Jena	2007–08<ref name="wf"/>	2. Bundesliga	27	8	1	1	–		–		–		28	9
FC Augsburg	2008–09<ref name="wf"/>	2. Bundesliga	27	7	0	0	–		–		–		27	7
	2009–10<ref name="wf"/>	2. Bundesliga	21	7	2	1	–		–		1Template:Efn	0	24	8
	Total		48	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	51	15
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2010–11<ref name="wf"/>	2. Bundesliga	16	1	1	0	–		–		–		17	1
Fortuna Düsseldorf II	2010–11<ref name="wf"/>	Regionalliga West	1	0	–		–		–		–		1	0
Budapest Honvéd	2011–12<ref name="sw">Template:Soccerway</ref>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	6	3	0	0	3	2	–		–		9	5
Videoton	2011–12<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	9	1	3	2	3	2	0	0	–		15	5
	2012–13<ref name="sw"/><ref name="wf"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	6	4	0	7	0	10	0	1Template:Efn	0	43	6
	2013–14<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	–		10	1
	Total		35	7	8	2	14	3	10	0	1	0	68	12
MTK Budapest	2013–14<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	10	7	2	1	0	0	–		–		12	8
	2014–15<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	22	6	1	0	6	1	–		–		29	7
	2015–16<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	–		29	11
	2016–17<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	9	0	0	0	0	4	2	–		30	11
	2017–18<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	25	12	1	0	–		–		–		26	12
	2018–19<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	29	7	2	1	–		–		–		31	8
	Total		138	52	7	2	6	1	6	2	0	0	157	57
Vasas SC	2019–20<ref name="sw"/>	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		10	2
Career total			455	126	19	6	26	7	29	3	2	0	531	142

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hungary	2004	11	4
	2005	7	2
	2006	7	1
	2007	0	0
	2008	5	3
	2009	9	1
	2010	3	0
Total		42	11

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Torghelle goal.

List of international goals scored by Sándor Torghelle

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Template:Fb	1–3	1–4	Friendly
2	6 June 2004	Kaiserslautern, Germany	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3				2–0
4	8 September 2004	Budapest, Hungary	Template:Fb	2–1	3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	15 August 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Template:Fb	1–1	1–2	Friendly
6	3 September 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Template:Fb	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	11 October 2006	Ta'Qali, Malta	Template:Fb	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8	11 October 2008	Budapest, Hungary	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	15 October 2008	Ta'Qali, Malta	Template:Fb	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	19 November 2008	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Friendly
11	28 March 2009	Tirana, Albania	Template:Fb	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• Torghelle Sándor Profile at magyarfutball.hu
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• Torghelle Sándor at HLSZ.hu Template:In lang
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