S.L. Benfica. He scored twice in the 1959 Copa del Generalísimo final as FC Barcelona defeated Granada CF 4–1. In the 1960 European Cup he scored four of the goals in a 5–2 quarter-final win over Wolves. He also scored a hat trick against Real Sociedad in a La Liga game in 1961 and scored all three goals in the 1962 Fairs Cup final that they lost to Valencia CF 7–3 on aggregate. In 1961, he also played as a guest for Valencia CF and helped them win their own summer trophy, the Trofeo Naranja. He scored in both games as Valencia beat Botafogo and FC Barcelona. Kocsis also scored in the 1963 Copa del Generalísimo final held at the Camp Nou. FC Barcelona beat Real Zaragoza 3–1. Later life and death Kocsis retired as a player in 1966 and opened a restaurant in Barcelona called Tete D’ Or. He also worked as a coach with FC Barcelona and managed Hércules CF between 1972 and 1974. However his coaching career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia and then stomach cancer. On 22 July 1979, aged 49, he fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hospital in Barcelona. It has been alleged that he committed suicide, though it may have been only an accident. Career statistics Club International Honours Ferencváros Hungarian Champions: 1949 Honvéd Hungarian Champions: 1952, 1954, 1955 Barcelona Spanish Champions: 1958–59, 1959–60 Copa del Generalísimo: 1958–59, 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1958–60 Hungary Summer Olympics: 1952 Central European International Cup: 1948–53 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1954 Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1955–60 Individual Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year: 1954 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1954 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1954 World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time Ballon d'Or: 8th place 1956 Sources Behind The Curtain — Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006) The World Cup — The Complete History: Terry Crouch (2002) 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005) See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals List of Eastern Bloc defectors References External links La Liga stats Hungary stats at RSSSF Hungary stats at Sportmuzeum Guest with Valencia CF 1929 births 1979 deaths Footballers from Budapest Association football forwards Hungarian footballers Budapest Honvéd FC players Footballers at