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Ferenc Puskás

Puskás playing for Real Madrid

Personal information

Full name

Ferenc Puskás

Birth name

Ferenc Purczeld^[1]

Date of birth

1 April 1927

Place of birth

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary

Date of death

17 November 2006 (aged 79)

Place of death

Budapest, Hungary

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Position(s)

Forward, attacking midfielder

Youth career

1940–1943

Kispest Honvéd

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1943–1956

Budapest Honvéd^[i]

350

(358)

1958–1966

Real Madrid

180

(156)

Total

530

(514)

International career

1945–1956

Hungary

85

(84)

1961–1962

Spain

4

(0)

1963

Castile

1

(2)

Managerial career

1966–1967

Hércules

1967

San Francisco Golden Gate Gales

1968

1968–1969

1970–1974

1974–1975

1975–1976

1976–1977

1978–1979

1979–1982

1985–1986

1986–1989

1989–1992

1993

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki
FIFA World Cup
	1954 Switzerland
Central European International Cup
	1948–53 Europe
	1955–60 Europe

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hungary professional footballer

Eponyms and public art

Related

Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈpuʃkaːʃ], UK: /ˌfɛrɛnts ˈpʊʃkəʃ, ˈpʊʃkæʃ/ FERR-ents PUUSH-kəsh, PUUSH-kash;^[2]^[3]^[4] né Purczeld;^[1] 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar.^[5] A forward and an attacking midfielder, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and later played four international matches for Spain as well. He became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), ten national championships (five Hungarian and five Spanish Primera División) and eight top individual scoring honors. Known as the "Galloping Major",^[6] in 1995, he was recognized as the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS.^[7]^[8]^[9] Scoring 802 goals in 792 official games during his career, he is the seventh top goal scorer of all time by the RSSSF.^[10]

He was the son of former footballer Ferenc Puskás Senior. Puskás started his career in Hungary playing for Kispest and Budapest Honvéd. He was the top scorer in the Hungarian League on four occasions and in 1948 he was the top goal scorer in Europe. During the 1950s, he was both a prominent member and captain of the Hungary national team, known as the Mighty Magyars. After the Hungarian Revolution, Puskás served a two year ban from UEFA. Despite failing to sign for Ethnikos Piraeus in 1957 under pressure from rival clubs,^[11] in 1958, he emigrated to Spain where he successfully signed for Real Madrid at the age of 31. While playing with the club, Puskás won four Pichichis and scored seven goals in two European Cup finals, winning the competition three times with the club and claiming five consecutive La Liga titles. He scored 619 goals in 618 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues and National Cups.

After retiring as a player, he became a coach. The highlight of his coaching career came in 1971 when he guided Panathinaikos to the European Cup final, where they lost 2–0 to Ajax. He also led the club to the championship in 1972, becoming an icon in the country. Afterward he'd have spells at various countries and clubs, including Spain, Paraguay and the Saudi Arabia national team, with varying success. He returned again to Greece to manage an exceptionally strong AEK team for the 1978–79 season. In 1993, he returned to Hungary and took temporary charge of the Hungary national team.^[12] In 1998, he became one of the first ever FIFA/SOS Charity ambassadors.^[13] In 2002, the Népstadion in Budapest was renamed the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in his honor.^[14] He was also declared the best Hungarian player of the last 50 years by the Hungarian Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.^[15] In October 2009, FIFA announced the introduction of the FIFA Puskás Award, awarded to the player who has scored the "most beautiful goal" over the past year. He was also listed in Pelé's FIFA 100.

Career in Hungary

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Early years

[edit]

Ferenc Purczeld was born on 1 April 1927^[16] to a German (Danube Swabian) family in Budapest and brought up in Kispest, then a suburb, today part of the city. His mother, Margit Biró (1904–1976), was a seamstress. He began his career as a junior with Kispest Honvéd,^[14] where his father, who had previously played for the club, was a coach.

In 1937, his father changed the family name to Puskás. He initially used the pseudonym "Miklós Kovács" to help circumvent the minimum age rules^[17] before officially signing at the age of 12. Among his early teammates was his childhood friend and future international teammate József Bozsik. He made his first senior appearance for Kispest in November 1943 in a match against NAC.^[18] It was here where he received the nickname "Öcsi" or "Buddy".^[19]

On 19 February 1949, Puskás scored seven goals for Kispest in a 11–3 win against Győr.^[20] Kispest was taken over by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence in 1949, becoming the Hungarian Army team and changing its name to Budapest Honvéd. As a result, football players were given military ranks. Puskás eventually became a major (Hungarian: Őrnagy), which led to the nickname "The Galloping Major".^[21] As the army club, Honvéd used conscription to acquire the best Hungarian players leading to the recruitment of Zoltán Czibor and Sándor Kocsis.^[22] During his career at Budapest Honvéd, Puskás helped the club win five Hungarian League titles. He also finished as top goal scorer in the league in 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950 and 1953, scoring 50, 31, 25 and 27 goals, respectively. In 1948, he was the top goal scorer in Europe.^[23]

Goldteam

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Puskás made his debut for Hungary team on 20 August 1945 and scored in a 5–2 win over Austria.^[24] He went on to play 85 games and scored 84 times for Hungary. His international goal record included two hat tricks against Austria, one against Luxembourg and four goals in a 12–0 win over Albania.^[25] Together with Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti, he formed the nucleus of the Golden Team that was to remain unbeaten for 32 consecutive games.^[26] During this run, they became Olympic Champions in 1952, beating Yugoslavia 2–0 in the final in Helsinki. Puskás scored four times at the Olympic tournament,^[25] including the opening goal in the final. They also defeated England twice, first with a 6–3 win at Wembley Stadium,^[24] and then 7–1 in Budapest. Puskás scored two goals in each game against England. In 1953, they also won the 1948-53 Central European International Cup. Hungary won the championship after finishing top of the table with 11 points. Puskás finished the tournament as top scorer with ten goals and scored twice as Hungary claimed the trophy with a 3–0 win over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in 1953.^[27]

Puskás scored three goals in the two first-round matches Hungary played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They defeated South Korea 9–0 and then West Germany 8–3. In the latter game, he suffered a hairline fracture of the ankle after a tackle by Werner Liebrich, and did not return until the final.^[28]

Puskás played the entire 1954 World Cup final against West Germany with a hairline fracture. Despite this, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament to put Hungary ahead after six minutes, and with Czibor adding another goal two minutes later, it seemed that the pre-tournament favorites would take the title. However, the West Germans pulled back two goals before half time, with six minutes left the West Germans scored the winner. Two minutes from the end of the match Puskás scored a late equalizer but the goal was disallowed due to an offside call.^[29] Ending the Golden years with a silver medal at the 1955-60 Central European International Cup, making it a grand total of two gold/titles and two silver for the Mighty Magyars.

Ferenc Puskás' statistics at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics

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The scores contain links to the article on football in the Helsinki Olympics and the round in question.^[30]

Game no.	Round	Date	Opponent	Puskás’ playing time	Score	Puskás’ goals	Score	Times	Venue	Report
1	Prel. R.	15 July 1952	Romania	90 min.	2–1 (1–0)	0	—	—	Kupittaa, Turku	^[31]
2	1st R	21 July 1952	Italy	90 min.	3–0 (2–0)	0	—	—	Pallokenttä, Helsinki	^[32]
3	QF	24 July 1952	Turkey	90 min	7–1 (2–0)	2	4–0 6–1	54' 72'	Urheilukeskus, Kotka	^[33]
4	SF	28 July 1952	Sweden	90 min	6–0 (3–0)	1	1–0	1'	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	^[34]
5	Final	2 August 1952	Yugoslavia	90 min	2–0 (0–0)	1	1–0	70'	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	^[35]

Ferenc Puskás' statistics at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland

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The scores contain links to the article on 1954 FIFA World Cup and the round in question. When there is a special article on the match in question, the link is in the column for round.

Game no.	Round	Date	Opponent	Puskás’ playing time	Score	Puskás’ goals	Score	Times	Venue	Report
1	Group 2	17 June 1954	South Korea	90 min.	9–0 (4–0)	2	1–0 9–0	12' 89'	Hardturm Stadium, Zürich	^[36]
2	Group 2	20 June 1954	West Germany	90 min	8–3 (3–1)	1	2–0	17'	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel	^[37]
–	QF	27 June 1954	Brazil	Did not play	4–2 (2–1)	0	–	—	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern	^[38]
–	SF	30 June 1954	Uruguay	Did not play	4–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2, 1–0)	0	–	—	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	^[39]
3	Final	4 July 1954	West Germany	90 min	2–3 (2–2)	1	1–0	6'	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern	^[40]

Honvéd World Tour

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Budapest Honvéd entered the European Cup in 1956 and were drawn against Athletic Bilbao in the first round. Honvéd lost the away leg 2–3, but before the home leg could be played, the Hungarian Revolution erupted in Budapest and was subsequently brutally repressed by Soviet forces. The players decided against going back to communist Hungary and arranged for the return with Athletic to be played at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.^[26] Puskás scored in the subsequent 3–3 draw, his first European Cup goal ever, but Honvéd were eliminated 6–5 on aggregate, and the Hungarian players were left in limbo. They summoned^[41] their families from Budapest, and despite opposition from FIFA and the Hungarian football authorities, they organised a fundraising tour of Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Brazil. After returning to Europe, the players parted ways. Some, including Bozsik, returned to Hungary while others, including Czibor, Kocsis and Puskás, found new clubs in Western Europe.^[42] Puskás did not return to Hungary until 1981.^[43]

Spanish career

[edit]

Real Madrid

[edit]

After refusing to return to Hungary, Puskás initially played a few unofficial games for Espanyol.^[44] At the same time, both AC Milan and Juventus attempted to sign him, but then he received a two-year ban from UEFA for refusing to return to Budapest,^[45] which prevented him from playing in Europe. He moved to Austria and then Italy.^[26] After his ban expired, Puskás tried to play in Italy but was not able to find a top-flight club willing to sign him, as Italian managers were concerned about his age and weight.^[22] He was considered by Manchester United to strengthen a squad ravaged by the Munich air disaster in 1958, but because of FA rules regarding foreigners and Puskás' not knowing the English language, stand-in manager Jimmy Murphy could not fulfill his wish of signing the Hungarian. However, a few months later, Puskás joined Real Madrid and at the age of 31 embarked on the second phase of his career.^[46]

During his first La Liga season, Puskás scored four hat-tricks, including one in his second game, against Sporting de Gijón on 21 September 1958. In the game against Las Palmas on 4 January 1959, Puskás and Alfredo di Stéfano scored hat-tricks in a 10–1 win.^[47] During the 1960–61 season, Puskás scored four times in a game against Elche and the following season, he scored five goals against the same team. Puskás scored two hat-tricks against Barcelona in 1963, one at the Bernabéu and one at the Camp Nou. During eight seasons with Real, Puskás played 180 La Liga games and scored 156 goals. He scored 20 or more goals in each of his first six seasons in the Spanish league, and won the Pichichi four times: in 1960, 1961, 1963, and 1964, scoring 25, 28, 26 and 21 goals, respectively. He helped Real win La Liga five times in a row between 1961 and 1965 and the Copa del Generalísimo in 1962. He scored both goals in the 2–1 victory over Sevilla in the Copa final.^[46]

Puskás also played a further 39 games for Real in the European Cup, scoring 35 goals. He helped Real reach the final of the 1958–59 European Cup, scoring in the first leg and in the decisive replay of the semi-final against Atlético Madrid, but missed the final due to injury. In the following season he began Real's 1959–60 European Cup campaign with a hat-trick against Jeunesse Esch and in the semi-final against FC Barcelona, as Puskás once again guided Real into the final with three goals over two legs. In the final itself, Real beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 with Puskás scoring four goals^[14] and di Stéfano scoring three. In subsequent European campaigns, he would score a further three hat-tricks, including one in the 1962 final against Benfica, which Real lost 5–3. In 1965, he scored five goals over two games against Feyenoord as he helped Real Madrid to the 1966 European Cup final – Real won the game against Partizan Belgrade, but Puskás did not play.^[46]

Other appearances

[edit]

In 1962, Puskás became a naturalized Spanish citizen,^[48] and subsequently played four times for Spain. Three of these games were at the 1962 World Cup. In Spain, he was known as Cañoncito Pum (the booming cannon).^[43] On 28 October 1963, Puskás appeared in a game for the Madrid football team at the FFM Trofeo Bodas de Oro, and he scored two late goals in a 4–0 win over Andalusia.^[49] In 1967, at the age of 40, he appeared in a fundraising friendly game for South Liverpool, the English non-League side, in front of a 10,000-strong sell-out crowd at the club's Holly Park stadium.^[50]

Managerial career

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After retiring as a player, Puskás became a coach and managed teams in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

In 1971, he guided Panathinaikos of Greece to the European Cup final. This was the first time a Greek club has reached a European final, and this would remain the only time for more than half a century, until Olympiakos reached the final of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2024. En route to the final, Panathinaikos beat Everton in the quarter-finals on away goals, then defeated Red Star Belgrade in the semis, to become the only amateur football team to reach the European Cup/Champions League final. In the final, Panathinaikos lost 2–0 to Johan Cruyff's Ajax.^[51]

During his four-year tenure at Panathinaikos, Puskás helped the team secure one Greek Championship in 1972. At Panathinaikos he retained the "Pancho" nickname from Spain and is considered Panathinaikos' greatest ever manager, in the same esteem with his predecessor Stjepan Bobek and has entered the Greek football pantheon after Panathinaikos' run to the Wembley Final. A few months after leaving Panathinaikos in 1974, he took over Real Murcia, placed last in La Liga when he was appointed in December, failing to save the club from relegation in his only season in charge, while the following year he coached Saudi Arabia and in the same year he also managed Colo-Colo, where he spent two years, without experiencing notable success.^[52]

In the summer of 1978 he returned to Greece as coach of AEK Athens, where he was reunited with his former player at Panathinaikos, Mimis Domazos. Puskás led the club to its biggest ever victory in the European Cup, a 6–1 defeat of Portuguese champions Porto in Athens, before their continental run was cut short in the second round by eventual competition winners Nottingham Forest 7–2 on aggregate.^[53]^[54] However, in March 1979 the club's management, fearing the eventual loss of the league, replaced him with his assistant, Andreas Stamatiadis, on an interim role for the final 11 games until the end of the season, due to the unstable performances of the team, which saw them drop to third place in the league table.^[55] The club of Athens eventually won the championship with Stamatiadis in charge in a play–off match that was never contested, as rivals Olympiacos refused to play.^[56]

Despite his wide travels, his only other silverware came with Sol de América, where he led the club to its first ever league title in 1986, and South Melbourne Hellas, with whom he won the National Soccer League title in 1991, as well as the NSL Cup in 1990, the NSL League Cup in 1990 and two Dockerty Cup titles in 1989 and 1991, becoming the club's most successful manager.^[57] While managing the Australian club, one of his players was future South Melbourne, Australia and Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou, who has spoken of the influence Puskás' all out attacking approach and tactical acumen had on his coaching style.^[58]

When Wolverhampton Wanderers opened their renovated stadium Molineux in 1993, Puskás visited the newly opened stadium as an honorary guest to watch the friendly match between Wolves and Budapest Honvéd, which was a match to christen the new opening of the stadium. This was because in the 1950s, Wolves played a game against Honvéd in a memorable friendly match, which Puskás played in. Wolves won the 1954 match 3–2, with the 1993 match ending in a 1–1 draw.^[59]

Puskás returned to Hungary for the first time in 1981 and in 1990, he made Budapest his home again.^[43] In 1993, he took charge of the Hungary national team for four games, including a 4–2 friendly victory against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, where Hungary came from two goals down to eventually beat their opponents.^[60]

Style of play

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Puskas had excellent ball control, mostly with his left foot, and had a great first touch of the ball giving very quick and precise passing and crossing. He was also able to maneuver and change positions quickly on the pitch by moving from inside left to centre forward. He was also able to dummy his opponents with fake dribbles and would confuse his markers by pretending to go one way before going another. He did this to Bill Eckersley and Harry Johnston when Hungary beat England 6–3 at Wembley.^[24] Puskas also used to move the ball in different directions and sideways to go past his opponents with ease. Puskas was also excellent at set pieces, often scoring powerful direct free-kicks. He also scored directly from a corner kick. Puskas had one of the most powerful left footed shots in history and often scored from 30 to 35 metres from goal.

Later life and death

[edit]

Puskás was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2000.^[61] He was admitted to a Budapest hospital in September 2006^[62] and died on 17 November 2006^[61] of pneumonia. He was 79 years old and was survived by his wife of 57 years, Erzsébet,^[63] and their daughter, Anikó.^[64] In a state funeral, his coffin was moved from Puskás Ferenc Stadion to Heroes' Square for a military salute. He was buried under the dome of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest on 9 December 2006.^[65]^[66]

Legacy

[edit]

List	Ref
The Népstadion in Budapest was renamed the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in 2002.	^[14]
Asteroid 82656 Puskás, discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky and Gyula M. Szabó in 2001, was named in his honor.	^[67]
The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 August 2006 (MPC 57425).	^[68]
A street named Újtemető utca near Stadium Bozsik in the Hungarian capital of Budapest (specifically the district of Kispest) was renamed after Puskás precisely one year after the footballer's death.	^[69]
The new Puskás Aréna, its metro station, Puskás Akadémia FC, Puskás Cup, and the FIFA Puskás Award all bear his name.	^[5]
A statue of Puskás was unveiled in 2017 in Melbourne, Australia, near the former site of the now demolished Olympic Park Stadium, where he led South Melbourne Hellas to the 1991 NSL Championship as manager.	^[70]^[71]

Film

[edit]

List	Ref
He appears in Wonder Striker (A csodacsatár). It was directed by Márton Keleti.	^[72]
He appears in one scene in the Egyptian movie Ghareeb fi Bayti (English: A stranger in my house) while he was watching the football match in the stands. At the time of the film, he was a coach for the Egyptian club Al Masry.	^[73]
In one scene, he appears with Flórián Albert in The Enchanted Dollar, which was directed by István Bujtor.	^[74]
Tamás Almási (director), Ádám Neményi (producer): Puskás Hungary, documentary, 2009.	^[75]
Csaba Gellár (director), Tamás Lajos, Sándor Takó (producer): The World of Little Puskás animation series, 2021.	^[76]

Career statistics

[edit]

Club

[edit]

Source:^[77]

Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kispest/Budapesti Honvéd SE	1943–44	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	18	7	—		—		—		18	7
	1944–45	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
	1944	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	11	6	—		—		—		11	6
	1945	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	20	10	—		—		—		20	10
	1945–46	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	34	36	—		—		—		34	36
	1946–47	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	29	32	—		—		—		29	32
	1947–48	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	31	50	—		—		—		31	50
	1948–49	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	28	46	—		—		—		28	46
	1949–50	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	30	31	—		—		—		30	31
	1950	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	15	25	—		—		—		15	25
	1951	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	21	21	2	4	—		—		23	25
	1952	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	22	—		—		—		26	22
	1953	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	27	3	12	—		—		29	39
	1954	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	20	21	—		—		—		20	21
	1955	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	26	18	6	4	4^[b]	3	—		36	25
	1956	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	13	5	—		2^[c]	1	—		15	6
	Total		350	358	11	20	6	4	—		367	382
Real Madrid	1958–59	La Liga	24	21	5	2	5^[c]	2	—		34	25
	1959–60	La Liga	24	25	5	10	7^[c]	12	—		36	47
	1960–61	La Liga	28	28	9	14	2^[c]	0	2^[d]	2	41	44
	1961–62	La Liga	23	20	8	13	9^[c]	7	—		40	40
	1962–63	La Liga	30	26	7	5	2^[c]	0	—		39	31
	1963–64	La Liga	25	21	0	0	8^[c]	7	—		33	28
	1964–65	La Liga	18	11	4	4	3^[c]	2	—		25	17
	1965–66	La Liga	8	4	3	1	3^[c]	5	—		14	10
	Total		180	156	41	49	39	35	2	2	262	242
Career total			530	514	52	69	45	39	2	2	629	624

^ Includes Magyar Kupa, Copa del Generalísimo
^ Appearances in Mitropa Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Appearances in European Cup
^ Appearances in Intercontinental Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[78]^[79]^[80]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hungary	1945	2	3
	1946	3	3
	1947	5	5
	1948	6	7
	1949	8	11
	1950	6	12
	1951	3	4
	1952	12	10
	1953	7	6
	1954	11	8
	1955	12	10
	1956	9	4
	Total	85	84
Spain	1961	1	0
	1962	3	0
	Total	4	0
Madrid	1963	1	2
Madrid	Total	1	2
Career total		90	86

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
Hércules		23 July 1966	28 June 1967	34	8	9	17	023.53
Alavés		1 July 1968	26 June 1969	38	15	5	18	039.47
Panathinaikos		1 July 1970	4 September 1974	170	109	32	29	064.12
Real Murcia		6 December 1974	16 June 1975	26	6	5	15	023.08
Colo-Colo		17 June 1975	19 August 1976	42	21	9	12	050.00
AEK		11 June 1978	17 March 1979	31	19	6	6	061.29
Hungary		9 April 1993	22 June 1993	4	1	0	3	025.00

Honours

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Player

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Budapest Honvéd

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1949–50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955

Real Madrid

La Liga: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62
European Cup: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66
Intercontinental Cup: 1960

Hungary

Summer Olympics: 1952
Central European International Cup: 1948–53; runner-up: 1955–60
Balkan Cup: 1947
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1954

Individual

Ballon d'Or Silver Award: 1960^[81]
Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year: 1950^[82]
Central European International Cup top scorer: 1948-53
Hungarian top scorer: 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950, 1953
Spanish League top scorer (Pichichi Trophy): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
European Cup top scorer : 1959–60, 1963–64
Golden Boot of the World: 1948
World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963^[83]
1954 FIFA World Cup: Golden Ball
1954 FIFA World Cup: All-Star Team
European Player of the 20th century – L'Equipe
Hungarian Player of the 20th century – IFFHS^[84]
Football's Top Scorer of the 20th century – IFFHS
Member of the FIFA 100
UEFA Golden Player: Greatest Hungarian Footballer of the last 50 Years
Inaugural Inductee into Goal Hall of Fame 2014
Top 10 Greatest Players of the 20th century (#7) – World Soccer Magazine
Top 10 World's Best Players of the 20th century (#6) – IFFHS^[84]
Top 10 Europe's Best Players of the 20th century (#4) – IFFHS^[84]
Golden Foot: 2006 (as a legend)^[85]
IFFHS Legends^[86]
IFFHS Men Team of the Century (1901–2000)^[87]

Manager

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Panathinaikos

Sol de América

Paraguayan Primera División: 1986

South Melbourne Hellas

National Soccer League: 1990–91
NSL Cup: 1989–90
NSL League Cup: 1990
Dockerty Cup: 1989, 1991

See also

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Notes

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^ Before 1950 the club name was Kispesti A.C.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Puskás születésnapja". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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(Autobiography) Ferenc Puskas: Captain of Hungary: Ferenc Puskas (1955). Reprinted in 2007 Link Archived 17 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Behind the Curtain — Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006) Link Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
The World Cup — The Complete History: Terry Crouch (2002) Link Archived 20 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine
50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005) Link Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Obituary in The Guardian by Brian Glanville, 18 November 2006

External links

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Ferenc Puskás (career statistics) (in Hungarian)
Ferenc Puskás player profile at BDFutbol
Ferenc Puskás manager profile at BDFutbol
National team data at BDFutbol
Ferenc Puskás at National-Football-Teams.com
Biography at Real Madrid Fans (in Spanish)
Real Madrid profile
Goals in European Cups at RSSSF
Goals in International Matches at RSSSF
Ferenc Puskás – FIFA competition record (archived)
Puskas Goal – England 3:6 Hungary 1954 (video) on YouTube
Real Madrid tribute to Ferenc Puskas (video) on YouTube
Poetry dedicated to Puskas Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

Awards

1954 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament

Media's team

Goalkeeper	Gyula Grosics Vladimir Beara
Defenders	Djalma Santos José Santamaría William Martínez Víctor Andrade Billy Wright
Midfielders	Fritz Walter József Bozsik Nándor Hidegkuti Obdulio Varela Ernst Ocwirk
Forwards	Helmut Rahn Ferenc Puskás Sándor Kocsis Zoltán Czibor Julinho Juan Schiaffino Hans Schäfer Mihály Tóth

v t e FIFA World Cup Statistical Summary's Best Player
1930: Nasazzi 1934: Meazza 1938: Leônidas 1950: Zizinho 1954: Puskás 1958: Didi 1962: Garrincha 1966: Charlton 1970: Pelé 1974: Cruyff 1978: Kempes

v t e Central European International Cup top scorers
1927–30: Hirzer, Libonatti & Rossetti 1931–32: Abegglen & Avar 1933–35: Kielholz & Sárosi 1936–38: Sárosi 1948–53: Puskás 1955–60: Tichy

European Cup and UEFA Champions League top scorers

European Cup era

1956: Milutinović
1957: Viollet
1958: Di Stéfano
1959: Fontaine
1960: Puskás
1961: J. Águas
1962: Di Stéfano, Løfqvist, Puskás, Strehl & Tejada
1963: Altafini
1964: Kovačević, Mazzola & Puskás
1965: Eusébio & Torres
1966: Albert & Eusébio
1967: Piepenburg & Van Himst
1968: Eusébio
1969: Law
1970: Jones
1971: Antoniadis
1972: Dunai, Macari & Takač
1973: Müller
1974: Müller
1975: Markarov & Müller
1976: Heynckes
1977: Cucinotta & Müller
1978: Simonsen
1979: Sulser
1980: Lerby
1981: McDermott, Rummenigge & Souness
1982: Hoeneß
1983: Rossi
1984: Sokol
1985: Nilsson & Platini
1986: Nilsson
1987: Cvetković
1988: R. Águas, Ferreri, Hagi, Madjer, McCoist, Míchel & Novák
1989: Van Basten
1990: Papin & Romário
1991: Pacult & Papin
1992: Papin & Yuran

UEFA Champions League era

NB I top scorers

La Liga top scorers

Hungarian Footballer of the Year

1901: Ray
1902: Ordódy
1903: Pokorny
1904: Pozsonyi
1905: Bodor
1906: Borbás
1907: Borbás
1908: Domonkos
1909: Rumbold
1910: Károly
1911: Biró
1912: Schlosser
1913: Bodnár
1914: Zsák
1915: Schaffer
1916: Schaffer
1917: Plattkó
1918: Orth
1919: Braun
1920: Fogl
1921: Blum
1922: Molnár
1923: Mándi
1924: Jeny
1925: Takács
1926: Pataki
1927: Kohut
1928: Bukovi
1929: Kalmár
1930: Borsányi
1931: Avar
1932: Turay
1933: Lázár
1934: Polgár
1935: Szalay
1936: Cseh
1937: Titkos
1938: Toldi
1939: Zsengellér
1940: Bíró
1941: Sárosi
1942: Bodola
1943: Szalay
1944: Sárvári
1945: Balogh
1946: Deák
1947: Szusza
1948: Marksteiner
1949: Grosics & Kispéter
1950: Grosics & Puskás
1951: Palotás
1952: Bozsik
1953: Hidegkuti
1954: S. Kocsis
1955: Szilágyi
1956: Szojka
1957: Bundzsák
1958: Sipos
1959: Tichy
1960: Göröcs
1961: Berendy
1962: Mészöly
1963: Fenyvesi & Palotai
1964: Bene
1965: Mátrai
1966: Albert
1967: Albert
1968: Szűcs
1969: Bene
1970: Fazekas
1971: Szűcs
1972: Páncsics
1973: Juhász
1974: Horváth
1975: Bálint
1976: Kereki
1977: Pintér
1978: I. Kocsis
1979: Salamon
1980: not held
1981: Nyilasi
1982: Garaba
1983: Kardos
1984: Róth
1985: Détári
1986: Róth
1987: Herédi
1988: Kozma
1989: Keller
1990: Petry
1991: Lipcsei
1992: Telek
1993: Árgyelán
1994: Illés
1995: Lipcsei
1996: Sándor
1997: Illés
1998: Király
1999: Dárdai
2000: Fehér
2001: Tököli
2002: Gera
2003: Szabics
2004: Gera
2005: Gera
2006: Huszti
2007: Hajnal
2008: Juhász
2009: Juhász
2010: Dzsudzsák
2011: Rudolf
2012: Bogdán
2013: Bogdán
2014: Juhász
2015: Király
2016: Király
2017: Nikolics
2018: Gulácsi
2019: Gulácsi
2020: Gulácsi
2021: Schäfer
2022: Szoboszlai
2023: Szoboszlai
2024: Szoboszlai

v t e FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
Goalkeeper	Lev Yashin
Defenders	Djalma Santos Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore Paul Breitner
Midfielders	Johan Cruyff Michel Platini Bobby Charlton
Forwards	Garrincha Pelé / Ferenc Puskás

v t e European Team of the 20th Century
Goalkeeper	Lev Yashin
Defenders	Paolo Maldini Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore Franco Baresi
Midfielders	Johan Cruyff Bobby Charlton Michel Platini
Forwards	/ Ferenc Puskás Eusébio Marco van Basten

v t e IFFHS Men's World Team of the 20th Century
Goalkeeper	Lev Yashin
Defenders	Franco Baresi Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore
Midfielders	Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona Michel Platini Johan Cruyff
Forwards	/ Ferenc Puskás Pelé // Alfredo Di Stéfano

v t e IFFHS Men's European Team of the 20th Century
Goalkeeper	Lev Yashin
Defenders	Franco Baresi Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore
Midfielders	Lothar Matthäus Bobby Charlton Michel Platini Johan Cruyff
Forwards	/ Ferenc Puskás Gerd Müller Eusébio

v t e FIFA 100
UEFA	Baggio Ballack Banks Baresi Van Basten Beckenbauer Beckham Bergkamp Bergomi Best Boniek Boniperti Breitner Buffon Butragueño Cantona Ceulemans Charlton Cruyff Dalglish Dasayev Davids Del Piero Desailly Deschamps Emre Eusébio Facchetti Figo Fontaine Gullit Hagi Henry Kahn Keane Keegan R. van de Kerkhof W. van de Kerkhof Klinsmann Kluivert Kopa B. Laudrup M. Laudrup Lineker Luis Enrique Maier Maldini Masopust Matthäus Müller Nedvěd Neeskens Nesta Van Nistelrooy Owen Papin Pfaff Pires Platini Puskás Raúl Rensenbrink Rijkaard Rivera Rossi Rui Costa Rummenigge Rüştü Schmeichel Seedorf Seeler Shearer Shevchenko Stoichkov Šuker Thuram Totti Trésor Trezeguet Van der Elst Vieira Vieri Zidane Zoff
CONMEBOL	Carlos Alberto Batistuta Cafu Crespo Cubillas Di Stéfano Falcão Figueroa Francescoli Júnior Kempes Maradona Passarella Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Romerito Ronaldinho Ronaldo Djalma Santos Nílton Santos Saviola Sívori Sócrates Valderrama Verón Zamorano Zanetti Zico
CAF	Diouf Milla Okocha Abedi Pelé Weah
CONCACAF	Akers Hamm Sánchez
AFC	Hong M.B. Nakata

UEFA Jubilee Golden Players

v t e Golden Foot Legends Award
2003	Eusébio Fontaine Maradona Rivera
2004	Di Stéfano Platini Zoff
2005	Best Gento Riva Rivellino Weah
2006	Facchetti Ghiggia Kopa Puskás Zico
2007	Kempes Müller Romário Rossi Stoichkov
2008	Aldair Belanov Suárez Zidane
2009	Blokhin Boniek Higuita Rummenigge Nílton Santos
2010	Antognoni Beckenbauer Dunga Sánchez Varallo
2011	Figo Gullit Madjer Abedi Pele Zanetti
2012	Baresi Cantona Matthäus Pelé
2013	Ardiles Papin Valderrama
2014	Hamm Milla Nakata Panenka Pfaff Şükür
2015	Dasayev Hagi Passarella Trezeguet
2016	De Boer Deco Puyol Ranieri
2017	Desailly Kahn Li Mancini Owen
2018	Deschamps Leonardo Lippi Pirlo Seedorf
2019	Altafini Falcão Vieira Morace
2021	Alves Maldini Netzer Oriali Smith
2022	Butragueño Terim Verón
2024	Cannavaro Costa Krol Llorente Piqué

International tournaments

v t e Hungary football squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
1 Grosics 2 Buzánszky 3 Lantos 4 Dalnoki 5 Lóránt 6 Bozsik 7 Kovács 8 Zakariás 9 Budai 10 Csordás 11 Kocsis 12 Hidegkuti 13 Palotás 14 Puskás (c) 15 Czibor Coach: Sebes

v t e Hungary squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Grosics 2 Buzánszky 3 Lóránt 4 Lantos 5 Bozsik 6 Zakariás 7 J. Tóth 8 Kocsis 9 Hidegkuti 10 Puskás (c) 11 Czibor 12 Kárpáti 13 Várhidi 14 Kovács 15 Szojka 16 Budai 17 Machos 18 Csordás 19 Palotás 20 M. Tóth 21 Gellér 22 Gulyás Coach: Sebes

v t e Spain squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Araquistáin 2 Sadurní 3 Carmelo 4 Collar (c) 5 Del Sol 6 Di Stéfano 7 Echeberría 8 Garay 9 Gento 10 Gràcia 11 Rivilla 12 Peiró 13 Pachín 14 Puskás 15 E. Martínez 16 Reija 17 Rodri 18 Adelardo 19 Santamaría 20 Segarra 21 Suárez 22 Vergés Coach: Herrera