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Zoltan Czibor

Full name:Zoltan Czibor
Position:Forward
Date of Birth:23 August 1929
Place of Birth:Kaposvar, Hungary
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Playing career:

SeasonClubGpdGls
1951-1952
1952-1953
1953-1964Honved
1954-1955Honved
1955-1956Honved
1956-1957
1957-1958
1958-1959FC Barcelona
1959-1960FC Barcelona
1960-1961FC Barcelona
1961-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964Hamilton Steelers
1964Toronto Hungaria
1964Toronto City

Bio:

Helped Hungary defeat England 6-3 at Wembley in 1953.

Fled Hungary during the 1956 Revolution.

Joined Barcelona.

Zoltan signed a contract with Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League club Hamilton Steelers in April 1964, that would keep him with the Hamilton club until 15 September 1964.

Hamilton Steelers opened the 1964 Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League season at home on 3 May against Toronto Italia. A record home crowd of 12782 saw the Steelers defeat Italia 2-1 at Civic Stadium. Many fans were disappointed when Czibor failed to appear.

Visa problems delayed his arrival until late in May 1964. Made his debut against Montreal on Friday 29 May 1964.

On 3 June he was “loaned” to Edmonton Edelweiss for their exhibition game against touring German club Meidericher SV.

The Steelers ran into financial difficulties that resulted in the disappearance of Zoltan.

To the surprise of many people in Montreal, he turned out for Toronto Hungaria against Cantalia on Sunday 19 July 1964.

It was said that the Hungarian community in Toronto had to gather money to finance his return to Spain.

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