Career
During his career, he has played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, Football Club Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, and Videoton. He played 42 games for the Hungary national football team between 2004 and 2010. Crystal Palace He spent one season playing for Crystal Palace F.C., after being signed from MTK Hungária in August 2004 for a fee of roughly £750,000.
He wore the number 10 shirt, that of a first-choice striker, but found it hard to gain a regular place in the Crystal Palace starting eleven with Andy Johnson often playing as a lone striker.
He scored only one goal in a League Cup match against Charlton, but the referee sent off Sándor late on for diving. After 12 months at Palace, Torghelle was first stripped of his first-team squad number (given number 30, while 10 went to new signing Jon Macken), and shortly after was loaned out to Panathinaikos in Greece for the 2005-2006 season.
In the deal, there was no clause for re-calling Sándor, so he spent the whole season in Greece. However, Torghelle failed to impress, and Panathinaikos chose not to make the deal permanent.
PAOK Torghelle was transferred to PAOK Thessaloniki Football Club in Greece and handed a 3-year contract, being one of the three players that were traded for the transfer of striker Dimitris Salpingidis.
Torghelle was also famous for his failure to score even a single goal since he was transferred from Crystal Palace, yet this "curse" was lifted when he scored in a PAOK-Olympiakos derby in early 2007. He left PAOK at the end of the 2006-2007 season for the German 2. Bundesliga team Football Club Carl Zeiss Jena.
There, he finally met the expectations, scoring five goals and giving three assists (as at 2 Bundesliga matchday 12 of the 2007-2008 season).
Honvéd Despite already having played for several Hungarian and foreign clubs, he still felt particularly attached to his home club Budapest Honvéd and declared that once back in Hungary, he would like to play for that club again. Fortuna Düsseldorf On 17 May 2010, Torghelle signed with Fortuna Düsseldorf, leaving Football Club Augsburg after two years.
Torghelle has made 42 appearances for the Hungary national football team He was one of its most able strikers, with an excellent instinct for scoring goals, but rather hot-headed on the pitch and therefore frequently being sent official
As for his goals, he scored several decisive ones during the 2010 World Cup Qualification campaign, such as against Albania and Malta.
He came to prominence after scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory over Germany in a friendly match in 2004.
