Vilmos Sipos (24 January 1914 – 25 July 1978), also known as Vilim Šipoš and Willy Sipos, was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played for several clubs in a number of countries, having represented Yugoslavia and Hungary at the national level.
Career
Born in Wilhelmsburg, Austria, ethnically Hungarian,[2] he began playing with SK Građanski Sremska Mitrovica, a local club in Vojvodina. There he was spotted by SK Jugoslavija who offered him to move to Belgrade in 1930. After one season he moved to the Yugoslav First League, HŠK Građanski where he played until 1934.[3] By 1934 the Yugoslav Football Association invited him to play for the Yugoslavia national team, having debuted on 18 March 1934 in a match against Bulgaria, a 2–1 win.
After the end of the war in 1945, Ferencváros finished in 5th place in 1946. In summer 1946 Sipos accepted an offer from Italian Bologna FC, coached by the Hungarian József Viola. The club had dominated the Serie A by the late 1930s winning 4 titles between 1935 and 1941, but that season, 1946–47 Bologna finished 5th. Sipos left next summer, but stayed in Italy where he played with several clubs such as Correggio, Grosseto and Arsenale Messina.[4] Before retiring he played one season in French Algeria with FC Jeunesse Oran where he was simultaneously the main coach and player.
References
- ^ "Vilim Šipoš". sport.de. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Vilmos Sipos at RSSSF
- ^ Vilmos Sipos at exyufudbal.in.rs
- ^ Vilmos Sipos at EnciclopediadelCalcio.it (in Italian)
External links
- Vilmos Sipos at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vilmos Sipos at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Short career story at Nogometni leksikon (in Croatian)
- Stats from Italy at RSSSF (Hungarian players in Italy)
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