Sárosi was a complete footballer renowned for his versatility and technique among other things, and he played in several positions for Ferencváros and the Hungary national team.

Essentially a second striker, he could also operate in midfield or central defence, and he helped Ferencváros win five Hungarian league titles between 1932 and 1941.

[2] After his retirement he moved to Italy, where he managed a number of clubs, including Genoa, Juventus, Bari and Roma.

Born Gyorgy Stefanicsics in Budapest on 5 August 1912, the family name was later changed to Sarosi to make them sound more Hungarian.

His father was a tailor and raised three children (György, László and Béla); All three became national team athletes[4] – Béla Sárosi also became a footballer, while László Sárosi played water polo (as did his son of the same name, not to be confused with a namesake footballer of that generation, who is no relation).

When the capital giants wanted to tie him to a professional deal a couple of years later, though, the youngster had other ideas.

However, my father (who was struggling for work as a tailor) convinced me that too many people were losing jobs in the depression, and that I was good enough to make a real go of being a footballer.

"He was only a boy, but on the pitch it seemed like he was the man playing against kids in the park," said Zoltan Blum, who handed Sarosi his bow.

György Sárosi scored 3 goals and 4 assists, the newspapers gave him the best rating (1) as he was named the MVP of the game.

At Sárosi we could finally see again that he could outwit the opponent easily and without wasting time and we could see that he always plays forward, towards the opponent's goal [...] This great game had an electrifying effect on the others as well.Because of his class on the ball, Sarosi was gradually deployed further forward in the FTC formation – first as an attacking midfielder, and then as a striker.

It was in the former position that he headlined their inconceivable 11-1 thrashing of Ujpest, who had just won the league title, in the 1933 Hungarian Cup final, scoring a hat-trick and setting up another four goals.

Sarosi also remains the most prolific marksman in the history of the Mitropa Cup, a prestigious competition for clubs from, among other countries, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Italy – then all leading powers in European football.

The main force of Ferencváros was in the offensive line, in which dr. György Sárosi provided one of the greatest achievements of his player career.

The power of Fradi's amazing heart, which permeated the entire team, was further enhanced by the audience's sometimes ecstatic encouragement.

In the first leg of the semi-final away to Austria Vienna, Sarosi did a good job containing iconic striker Matthias Sindelar, but he couldn't prevent injury-stricken FTC losing 4-1.

"The Ferencváros striker line is a magnificent instrument on which the unsurpassed leader, Sárosi, played the most beautiful melodies.

In just his second Hungary appearance, the teenager shackled Czechoslovakia goal machine Antonín Puč as his country recorded a 3-0 win.

But if that day in Paris was not the jour de gloire Sarosi had craved, what remained his crowning Hungary exhibition was one any player would have been proud of.

"Scoring seven goals in an international is almost impossible, yet alone past the great Planicka," commented his coach that day, Karoly Dietz.

This time Sárosi stepped up and was rated highly by the newspapers, yet he was expected to do even better in the next game considering his reputation.

Against Sweden in the third game, Hungary won 5-1 and Sárosi delivered a brilliant performance scoring once and assisting 3 times against the Swedes, here is the description of his performance by Nemzeti Sport: "He (Sárosi) had almost reached the top of his form, and this was the mark of the shape-shifting he predicted [...] We had a lot of wonderful stunts from the Hungarian midfielder, who is starting to match his level in Paris [...] He released great long balls to the wind.

The 1938 World Cup final (Hungary - Italy) took place in the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris, an attendance of 55,000 people was registered.

However, the crowd was eager to see whether the Hungarians, with their flowing style of football and their captain György Sárosi, could halt Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side which boasted the outstanding centre-forward Silvio Piola.

Unfortunately for him and his teammates, Italy were known for their good defensive ability and managed to stop the Hungarians from attacking, the Golden Ball winner Silvio Piola scored the final goal of the 1938 World Cup at the 77th minute.

He managed to score in every game of the knockout stage, an achievement matched only 84 years later, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup by Lionel Messi.

After his football career, Sárosi travelled a lot in Europe, when a journalist asked him what was the most beautiful city in the world, his answer was always one: "Ferencváros in Budapest .

But what was more impressive was that he was probably the best defender in the world, the best midfielder and the best striker.Sárosi is one of the most complete footballers ever, In the mid-1930s, he was named in European XIs published by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Kicker and L'Auto.

And while there may be nothing surprising to that concurrence, there was a stupefying undercurrent to the three prestigious publications' selection of the Ferencvaros and Hungary stand-out: the former picked him at centre-back, the German magazine in midfield and the French sportspaper in attack.

Essentially an inside-forward and center-forward, he could also operate in midfield as a world-class center-half or even an international-class central defender, played these role in the early and the late career.

Sarosi was an extraordinary dribbler and scorer with aggressive character, had got great physical option as a true leadership and very good teamwork ability Source:[9] Ferencváros Hungary Juventus