Ishtvan Jorovich Shandor (Hungarian: Sándor István; Ukrainian: Іштван Дьордьович Шандор; born 19 August 1944) is a Ukrainian former football player and coach of Hungarian origin. He was awarded the honorary title of the Master of Sports of the USSR.

Ishtvan Sandor
Personal information
Full name Ishtvan Jorovich Sandor
Date of birth (1944-08-19) 19 August 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Csepe, Zakarpattia Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966 Polissya Zhytomyr 36 (0)
1967–1969 Avtomobilist 64 (6)
1970 Spartak Sumy ? (1)
1970 Avtomobilist 9 (0)
1971 Spartak Sumy ? (4)
1972–1973 Frunzenets ? (9)
Managerial career
197?–1978 Hoverla Uzhhorod
1981 Prykarpattia
1984–1987 Zakarpattia
1988–1989 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
1992–1993 Diósgyőr
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1973

Biography

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He started playing football in his youth in his native Zakarpattia Oblast. In 1966 he was invited to the “Polissya” team (Zhytomyr).[1] In 1970 he played for Spartak, Sumy for a short time. After the end of his professional career as a football player, he was appointed as a coach of Hoverla (Uzhhorod), which then played in the second league of the USSR Football Championship (197? -1978).[2]

He became an assistant of the second league team Spartak (Ivano-Frankivsk) in 1979. In 1981 he was the head coach of Spartak, which was then called "Prykarpattia" and played in the first league, served on the teams of Bukovina (Chernivsky) (1982–1983), Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (1984–1987) and Zirka Kirovohrad (1988–1989).

After settling in Hungary, he was the coach of Nyíregyháza, Diósgyőr and then Stadler. He became a MTK player observer in 1998.[3] He led the BVSC team in the second half of the year.[4] He has been leading the Csongrád team since the summer of 1999.[5] He held this position until June 2001, when he became the coach of Nyíregyháza again.

References

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  1. ^ Історія та статистика українського футболу
  2. ^ Magyar edzők és játékosok az egykori Szovjetunióban, Nemzeti Sport, 26 August 1999, p. 6
  3. ^ Sándor István az MTK-nál a játékosmegfigyelő, Nemzeti Sport, 14 January 1998, p. 3
  4. ^ Sándor István a BVSC edzője, Nemzeti Sport, 12 June 1998, p. 12
  5. ^ Tovább passzoljuk, Nemzeti Sport, 12 August 1999, p. 2
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