Attila Abonyi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Attila Abonyi | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1968 | Melbourne Hungaria | ||
| 1969–1976 | St George | ||
| 1977–1979 | Sydney Croatia | 89 | (74) |
| 1980 | Melita Eagles | ||
| National team | |||
| 1967–1977 | Australia | 61 | (25) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1979 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1980 | Melita Eagles | ||
| 1981–1982 | Riverwood | ||
| 1983 | Canberra City SC | ||
| 1984 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1985–1986 | Rockdale Ilinden | ||
| 1987–1988 | St George Saints | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Attila Abonyi (born 16 August 1946 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Australian football (soccer) manager and former player. He was a member of the 1974 World Cup squad, the first Australian national team to make the World Cup finals.
Born in Hungary, he took up football after emigrating to Australia at age 10 in 1957. Attila played his senior debut for Melbourne Hungaria in 1962 at 15 years of age in the old Victorian State League. In 1967 Abonyi was a key player in helping the club achieve their first ever State League title. He was the top goalscorer for that season with 31 goals in 29 games, and he scored the goal that won them the title. In that same year Abonyi was man of the match in helping Melbourne Hungaria win the Australian Cup, with a hat-trick, to defeat the favoured APIA Leichhardt 4-3 in extra-time. This turned out to be his final season with Melbourne Hungaria. He moved to Sydney and joined St. George-Budapest between 1969 and 1976 where he was part of three NSW State League titles, before finishing his career with Sydney Croatia between 1977 and 1979.
In June 1975, Abonyi made a guest appearance for a touring Manchester United side, coming on as a substitute for David McCreery against Queensland. He scored United's third goal in a 3–0 win.
Abonyi made his debut for Australia in November 1967 when the national team traveled to Vietnam for a friendship tournament. He scored a hat-trick on debut against New Zealand, and then scored another hat-trick in his second match against Singapore a few days later.
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 25 international goals for Australia in 61 games between 1967 and 1977 making him tied as the third highest goal scorer for Australia. He made a total of 88 appearances for Australia and scored 36 goals.
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