Attila Abonyi

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Atti Abonyi
Full name	Attila Abonyi
Date of birth	August 16, 1946 (1946-08-16) (age 61)
Place of birth	Hungary
Playing position	Winger
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962-1968 1969-1976 1977-1979 1980	Melbourne Hungaria St George Sydney Croatia Melita Eagles
National team²
1967-1977	Australia	90 (36)
Teams managed
1978-1979 1980 1981-1982 1983 1984 1985-1986 1987-1988	Sydney Croatia Melita Eagles Riverwood Canberra City SC Sydney Croatia Rockdale Ilinden St George Saints
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Attila Abonyi (born August 16, 1946) is a former football (soccer) player.

Born in Hungary, he took up soccer after immigrating to Australia at age 10.^[1] Attila played started playing professional club football for Melbourne Hungaria between 1962 and 1968, St. George-Budapest between 1969 and 1976 and Sydney Croatia between 1977 and 1979.

He is well known for being a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and also represented New South Wales and Victoria. He scored 36 international goals for Australia in 89 games between 1967 and 1977 making him tied as the third highest goal scorer for Australia.

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Oz Football profile

v • d • e Australia squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Reilly • 2 Utjesenovic • 3 Wilson • 4 Schäfer • 5 Curran • 6 Richards • 7 Rooney • 8 Mackay • 9 Warren • 10 Manuel • 11 Abonyi • 12 Alston • 13 Ollerton • 14 Tolson • 15 Williams • 16 Rudic • 17 Harding • 18 Watkiss • 19 Campbell • 20 Buljevic • 21 Milisavljevic • 22 Maher • Coach: Rašić