Sándor Torghelle

The native form of this personal name is Torghelle Sándor. This article uses the Western name order.

Sándor Torghelle
Personal information
Torghelle with MTK Budapest in 2016
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 off him late on 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
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Honvéd	2000–01	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
	2001–02	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	4
	2002–03	27	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	31	10
	2011–12	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
	Total		84	18	2	0	0	0	2	0	88	18
MTK Budapest	2003–04	22	9	2	2	0	0	2	1	26	12
	2013–14	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	8
	2014–15	10	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	15	3
	Total		42	19	6	3	3	0	2	1	53	23
Crystal Palace	2004–05	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
Crystal Palace	Total		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Panathinaikos	2005–06	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16	0
Panathinaikos	Total		11	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16	0
PAOK	2006–07	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1
PAOK	Total		23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1
CZ Jena	2007–08	27	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	9
CZ Jena	Total		27	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	9
Augsburg	2008–09	27	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	7
	2009–10	21	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	23	8
	Total		48	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	50	15
Düsseldorf	2010–11	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
Düsseldorf	Total		16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
Videoton	2011–12	9	1	3	2	6	4	0	0	18	7
	2012–13	21	6	4	0	7	0	10	0	42	6
	2013–14	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	10	1
	Total		35	7	8	2	17	5	10	0	70	14
Career totals		298	68	20	7	20	5	19	1	357	81

International statistics

**National Team Performance**
Team	Year	Friendlies		International Competition		Total
Team	Year	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

2. Bundesliga: Third place 2009-10 with FC Augsburg

References

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

MTK Budapest FC – current squad

1 Hegedűs 2 Nagy 3 Deutsch 4 Baki 5 Kelemen 6 Hajdú 7 Horváth 8 Csiki 9 Tamayo 11 Ladányi 12 Kálnoki-Kis 13 Hrepka 14 Torghelle 15 Thian 16 Pölöskei 18 Bese 19 Kanta 21 Vukmir 22 Csele 24 Poór 27 Halmai 28 Groppioni 29 Abu 30 Vass Manager: Garami

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