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'''Vilmos Sipos''', also known as '''Vilim Šipoš''' and '''Willy Sipos''' (24 January 1914 – 25 July 1978) was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] [[association football|football]] player and manager. He played for several important clubs in a number of countries, having represented at national level both Yugoslavia and Hungary.

Born in Wilhelmsburg,<ref>Some websites wrongly claim that he was born in [[Sremska Mitrovica]] where he lived as youngster. He was actually born on a boat where his mother worked, that travelled through the [[Danube]] river having been recorded Wilhelmsburg as his birthplace because it was the place the boat was stationed at the moment of his birth.</ref> Austria, ethnically Hungarian,<ref>[httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/miscellaneous/sipos-intl.html Vilmos Sipos] at RSSSF</ref> he begin playing with [[SK Građanski Sremska Mitrovica]] a local club in the town where he was living since young, in Vojvodina, still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire back then. There he was spotted by Yugoslav [[SK Jugoslavija]] that offered him to move to Belgrade in 1930. After one season he moved to their [[Yugoslav First League]] main rivals at that time, Zagreb's [[HŠK Građanski]] where he will play until 1934.<ref>[http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/391 Vilmos Sipos] at exyufudbal.in.rs</ref> By 1934 his skills convinced the [[Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav Football Association]] to offer him to play for the [[Yugoslavia national football team|YugoslavYugoslavia national team]], having debuted on 18 March 1934 in a match against Bulgaria, a 2–1 win.

Having represented two of the most notable clubs in Yugoslavia and having become national team player, foreign interest grow, and in summer 1934 he moved to Swiss [[BSC Young Boys]] where he will play two seasons until 1936. That year he moved to one of the most prominent French clubs from that period, [[FC Sète]]. In the [[Ligue 1]] he will play a total of 15 matches having scored twice. In this period he became a regular in the YugoslavYugoslavia national team. In 1938 Zagreb's HŠK Građanski, with the financial effort of their vice-president Gustav Maceljski, who paid 100.000 [[French franc|Francs]] to Sète, brought him back, but after one season they sold him to [[FC Rapid BucureştiBucurești]]. On 7 May 1939, he played his last match for the YugoslavYugoslavia national team, against Romania, in a 0–1 defeat.

By the beginning of the Second World War and the occupation of Yugoslavia, Sipos was playing in Romania. During this period he won 34 consecutive [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]], in 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. Interest on him grew again, and he moved to Hungarian [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] in 1942. The club had been [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I|Hungarian league]] champions in 1940 and 1941, but Sipos will have to wait until [[1944 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1944]] to win the national title which was an unofficial one because the championship was unfinished. Being an ethnic Hungarian, and with Yugoslavia occupied, not competing, and with an uncertain future by then, Sipos was invited to play for the [[Hungary national football team|Hungarian national team]] making his debut in 1945.

At the end of the war in 1945 and with Hungary becoming a communist country, Ferencváros finished in a disappointing 5th place in [[1945–46 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1946]]. Sipos decided to move abroad, and in summer 1946 he 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 Serie A|1946–47]] Bologna finished 5th. Sipos left next summer, but stayed in Italy where he will play with several clubs such as [[Correggio (football club)|Correggio]], [[U.S. Grosseto F.C.|Grosseto]] and [[:it:Unione Sportiva Arsenale (Messina)|Arsenale Messina]].<ref>[http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Sipos.html Vilmos Sipos] at EnciclopediadelCalcio.it {{itin iconlang|it}}</ref> Before retiring he played one season in French Algeria with FC Jeunesse Oran where he was simultaneously the main coach and player.

Being considered one of the first professional players in Yugoslav football, he played a total of 13 matches for the [[Yugoslavia national football team|YugoslavYugoslavia national team]] between 1934 and 1939, having scored once, the only goal in the defeat against Czechoslovakia by 1–3, played on 28 May 1938.

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* [http://nogomet.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2356 Short career story at Nogometni leksikon] {{hrin iconlang|hr}}

* [httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/players/hong-players-in-it.html Stats from Italy at RSSSF (Hungarian players in Italy)]

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