10. Ferenc Puskás
Scoring 500+ goals for two clubs, including Real Madrid, he certainly can find the net.
He is also no slouch on the international stage notching 84 goals in 85 games for Hungary.
He is our #10 in our top European Footballers List
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈpuʃkaːʃ]; 2 April 1927[2] – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer andmanager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches forHungary,[3] and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues.[3] He became Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup where he was named the tournament's best player. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), 10 national championships (5 Hungarian & 5 Spanish Primera División) and 8 top individual scoring honors.
Puskás started his career in Hungary playing for Kispest and Budapest Honvéd. He was 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 Hungarian national team, known as the Mighty Magyars. In 1958, two years after the Hungarian Revolution, he emigrated to Spain where he played for Real Madrid.
While playing with Real Madrid, Puskás won four Pichichis and scored seven goals in two European Champions Cup finals. In 1995, he was recognized as the top scorer of the 20th century by the IFFHS.[4][5][6]
After retiring as a player, he became a coach. The highlight of his coaching career came in 1971 when he guided Panathinaikosto the European Cup final, where they lost 2–0 to AFC Ajax. Despite his defection in 1956, the Hungarian government granted him a full pardon in 1993, allowing him to return and take temporary charge of the Hungarian national team.[7] In 1998, he became one of the first ever FIFA/SOS Charity ambassadors.[8] In 2002, the Népstadion in Budapest was renamed the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in his honor.[9] 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.[10] 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'sFIFA 100.
Career in Hungary
Early years
Puskás was born as Franz Purczeld in Budapest and brought up in Kispest, then a suburb, today part of the city. His father, Franz (Ferenc) Sr. was a Danube Swabian of German ethnicity, who Magyarized his family surname to Puskás in 1937.[11][12] He began his career as a junior with Kispest AC,[9] where his father, who had previously played for the club, was a coach.He had grandchildren's, whose were the children of his brother's son; the two sons of his brother are Zoltan and Istvan, the first one have 3 children; Ilonka, Camila and Andrés, and the second one, Istvan have Matthias and Thomas.
He initially used the pseudonym Miklós Kovács to help circumvent the minimum age rules[13] 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 Nagyváradi AC.[14] It was here where he got the nickname "Öcsi" or "Buddy".[15]
Kispest was taken over by the Hungarian Ministry of Defence in 1949, becoming the Hungarian Army team and changing its name toBudapest Honvéd. As a result, football players were given military ranks. Puskás eventually became a major, which led to the nickname "The Galloping Major".[12] As the army club, Honvéd used conscription to acquire the best Hungarian players, leading to the recruitment of Zoltán Czibor and Sándor Kocsis.[16] 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.[17]
Ferenc Puskás in 1971
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 2006 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1943–1955 | Budapest Honvéd[1] | 341 | (352) |
| 1958–1966 | Real Madrid | 180 | (156) |
| Total | 521 | (508) | |
| National team | |||
| 1945–1956 | Hungary | 85 | (84) |
| 1961–1962 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967 | San Francisco Golden Gate Gales | ||
| 1968 | Vancouver Royals | ||
| 1968–1969 | Alavés | ||
| 1970–1974 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1975 | Murcia | ||
| 1975–1976 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1976–1977 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 1978–1979 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1979–1982 | Al-Masry | ||
| 1985–1986 | Sol de América | ||
| 1986–1989 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 1989–1992 | South Melbourne Hellas | ||
| 1993 | Hungary | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals). | |||
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