Sándor Sallai (born 26 March 1960,

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...

) is a Hungarian retired professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender. He made his début for the Hungary national team in 1981, and was awarded 55 caps, and scored one goal, up to 1989. Sallai was a participant at the

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and

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

s where Hungary, on both occasions, failed to progress from the first stage.

Personal life

His nephew is

Roland Sallai Roland Sallai (born 22 May 1997) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Hungary national team. Club career Puskás Akadémia Sallai started his professional career at Puskás Ak ...

References

1960 births Living people Footballers from Debrecen Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Hungary men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Debreceni VSC players Budapest Honvéd FC players {{hungary-footy-defender-stub